Cohors I Aresacorum

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The Cohors I Aresacorum ( German  1st cohort of the Aresaks ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.

Name components

  • Aresacorum : the Aresaken . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Celtic tribe of the Aresaks in the Roman province of Gallia Belgica when the unit was established .

Since there is no evidence of the additions milliaria (1000 men) and equitata (partially mounted), it can be assumed that it is a Cohors quingenaria peditata , a pure infantry cohort. The nominal strength of the unit was 480 men, consisting of 6 Centuries with 80 men each.

history

The unity is only certain by a single inscription, which was found in Augusta Treverorum , today's Trier . At Sucidava (in what was then the province of Dacia ) bricks with the stamp C [O (HO) R] S ARI were found, which could possibly be assigned to the cohort. Another inscription shows a Coh (ors) I An (toniniana) Tr (everorum) , which according to John Spaul is possibly identical to the Cohors I Aresacorum .

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Commanders

A commander of the cohort, [] Prisc [us] , a prefect , is known by an inscription.

See also

literature

  • John Spaul : Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1-84171-046-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b inscription ( AE 1929, 173 )
  2. ^ Bricks ( AE 1976, 00582j )
  3. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 13, 12463 )
  4. ^ A b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 174-175, 183.