Cohors I Aurelia Classica

The Cohors I Aurelia Classica ( German 1st cohort the Aurelian of the fleet members ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by a military diploma .

Name components

Aurelia : The honorary title refers to Antoninus Pius , whose birth name was Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus .

Classica : The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from members of the fleet (Latin classis ) when the unit was set up .

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

history

The cohort was stationed in the province of Arabia . It is listed on a military diploma for the year 145 AD.

The unit was set up by Antoninus Pius (138-161) after the Bar Kochba uprising , probably as part of a military reorganization of the province of Arabia . The soldiers were presumably recruited from members of one of the provincial fleets that were already stationed in Arabia .

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

Members of the cohort are not known.

Further cohorts with the designation Cohors I Classica

There were three other cohorts with this designation, see Cohors I Classica (disambiguation) .

Remarks

↑ According to Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel , the military diploma has not yet been published.
↑ According to Peter Weiß, Michael P. Speidel , auxiliary units from members of the fleet were set up when there was an urgent need for new soldiers and the fleet could be used as a personnel reserve. Several times even legions of fleet members were either newly set up or staffed by fleet members. B. the Legio I Adiutrix by Nero (54–68) and the Legio II Adiutrix by Vespasian (69–79) reorganized. The Legio X Fretensis suffered such heavy losses during the Bar Kochba uprising that they had to be reinforced by members of the fleet.

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel : The first military diploma for Arabia In: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 150 (2004), pp. 253-264, here pp. 261-263.

[GE1-2] According to Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel , the military diploma has not yet been published.

[GE2-3] According to Peter Weiß, Michael P. Speidel , auxiliary units from members of the fleet were set up when there was an urgent need for new soldiers and the fleet could be used as a personnel reserve. Several times even legions of fleet members were either newly set up or staffed by fleet members. B. the Legio I Adiutrix by Nero (54–68) and the Legio II Adiutrix by Vespasian (69–79) reorganized. The Legio X Fretensis suffered such heavy losses during the Bar Kochba uprising that they had to be reinforced by members of the fleet.

[pw-1] Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel : The first military diploma for Arabia In: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 150 (2004), pp. 253-264, here pp. 261-263.