Cohors I Augusta Civium Romanorum

The Cohors I Augusta Civium Romanorum ( German 1st Augustan cohort of Roman citizens ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by military diplomas.

Name components

Augusta : the Augustan tables. The honorary title refers to Augustus .

Civium Romanorum : the Roman citizen. The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from Roman citizens when the unit was established.

Since there is no indication of the name affixes milliaria (1,000 men) and equitata are (some on horseback), it can be assumed that it is a pure infantry - cohort , a Cohors (quingenaria) peditata , is. The nominal strength of the unit was 480 men, consisting of 6 Centuries with 80 men each.

history

It is possible that the cohort was set up under Augustus in the province of Galatia from local Roman citizens. The tombstone of C (aius) Octavius , who came from the city of Savatra in Galatia and served in a Cohors Augusta , would support this assumption . A Cohors Augusta was also stationed in Iudaea ; it is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles .

The first evidence of unity in the province of Cappadocia is based on a military diploma dated to 94 AD. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Cappadocia ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated from 99 to 101, prove the unity in the same province (or in Galatia et Cappadocia ).

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

[] Aurelius []: he is named on the diploma of 100 as a commander.

Others

C (aius) Octavius, a sesquiplicarius (around 30/37) ( AE 2004, 1375 )

Q (uintus) Antonius [], a centurion : the diploma of 100 was issued to him.

Remarks

↑ According to Oleksandr Kyrychenko , this Cohors Augusta was associated with the Cohors I Augusta Ituraeorum or the Cohors I Augusta Thracum .
↑ A sesquiplicarius received 1.5 times the pay of a simple soldier , and a duplicarius double.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Michael Alexander Speidel : The Development of the Roman Forces in Northeastern Anatolia. New evidence for the history of the exercitus Cappadocicus. , Special print from: MA Speidel, Heer und Herrschaft im Römischen Reich der Hohen Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 595–631, here pp. 604–606, 611–612 ( online ).

↑ Oleksandr Kyrychenko: The Role of the Centurion in Luke Acts. (PDF, pp. 50–52 (59–61)) Emory University , accessed on November 1, 2017 (English).

↑ Military diplomas of the years 94 ( RMM 7 ), 99 ( AE 2014, 1656 ), 100 ( AE 2004, 1913 ), 101.

↑ ^a ^b Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: A civil rights constitution for two veterans of the Cappadocian Army. On the frequency of civil rights constitutions for auxiliary soldiers In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 150 (2004), pp. 233–241, here p. 238 ( online ).

[ID-3] According to Oleksandr Kyrychenko , this Cohors Augusta was associated with the Cohors I Augusta Ituraeorum or the Cohors I Augusta Thracum .

[SE-6] A sesquiplicarius received 1.5 times the pay of a simple soldier , and a duplicarius double.

[mas-1] Michael Alexander Speidel : The Development of the Roman Forces in Northeastern Anatolia. New evidence for the history of the exercitus Cappadocicus. , Special print from: MA Speidel, Heer und Herrschaft im Römischen Reich der Hohen Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 595–631, here pp. 604–606, 611–612 ( online ).

[ok-2] Oleksandr Kyrychenko: The Role of the Centurion in Luke Acts. (PDF, pp. 50–52 (59–61)) Emory University , accessed on November 1, 2017 (English).