Cohors I Ausetanorum

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

Name components

  • Ausetanorum : [the] Ausetan . The soldiers of the cohort were when installing the unit out of the tribe of the Ausetaner in the field of conventus Tarraconensis (with its capital Tarraco recruited).

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

history

The unity is evidenced by a single inscription. It is not possible to assign the cohort to a province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

A commander of the cohort, L (ucius) Vibius Tuscus Aurelius Rufinus , a prefect , is known by the inscription ( CIL 2, 1181 ).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c 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 978-1841710464 , p. 97.99
  2. ↑ a b Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 1. (PDF 23.5 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, pp. 167–168 (164–165) , accessed on June 12, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ Margaret M. Roxan: The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 2. (PDF 9.8 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, p. 61 (640) , accessed June 12, 2017 (English).