Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum (Moesia)

The Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum [civium Romanorum] [equitata] ( German 1st cohort from Bracara Augusta [the Roman citizen] [partially mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions. In some diplomas from 120 to 157 it is referred to as Cohors I Bracarorum .

Name components

Bracaraugustanorum or Bracarorum : from the conventus Bracara Augusta or the Bracarer . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited when the unit was established in the area of the conventus (iuridicus) Bracara Augusta (with the capital Bracara Augusta ).

civium Romanorum : the Roman citizen. The soldiers of the unit had been granted Roman citizenship at one point in time. However, this did not apply to soldiers who were accepted into the unit after this point in time. They received Roman citizenship only with their honorable farewell ( Honesta missio ) after 25 years of service. The addition occurs in military diplomas from 120 to 146.

equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry.

Since there is no evidence of the addition of milliaria (1000 men) to the name , the unit was a Cohors quingenaria equitata . The nominal strength of the cohort was 600 men (480 infantry and 120 horsemen), consisting of 6 centuries of infantry with 80 men each and 4 tower cavalry with 30 horsemen each.

history

The cohort was stationed in the provinces of Dalmatia , Moesia, and Moesia inferior (in that order). It is listed on military diplomas for the years 69/79 to 157 AD.

The unit was probably set up under Augustus ; possibly during the Pannonian uprising (or shortly after) it was stationed in the province of Dalmatia . At an unspecified date, the unit was relocated to the province of Moesia , where it is first evidenced by a diploma dated 69/79. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Moesia ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated from 75 to 157, prove the unit in the same province (or from 92 in Moesia Inferior ).

Possibly the cohort took part in the two Dacian Wars and Trajan's Parthian War and received the civium Romanorum award for their achievements in one of these campaigns . Presumably in the 2nd century a vexillation of the unit was stationed in the area of Chersonesus Taurica , where an inscription was found.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Dalmatia were possibly:

Bigeste ( Humac ): Inscriptions have been found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

[?], a prefect ( CIL 12, 1358 )
M (arcus) Acilius [P] riscus, a prefect ( AE 1955, 169 )

Ti (berius) Claud [], probably a prefect ( AE 1994, 957 )
Ti (berius) Claudius Claud [i] anus, a prefect ( CIL 3, 1773 )

Others

[?], a soldier ( ILJug-03, 01929 )
Aurelius Valerianus
Aurelius Maximus Daezerus
Bicanus, a centurion ( D 09160 )
Crispus, a horseman ( AE 2000, 1179 )

M (arcus) Maecilius, a soldier ( D 09160 )
Meduttus, a soldier ( AE 1907, 249 )
Tiro, a Decurio ( AE 2000, 1179 )
Tures, a (Reiter AE 2000 1178 )
Veranus, a rider ( AE 2000, 1179 )

Further cohorts with the designation Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum

There was another cohort with this name, the Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum (Dacia) . She is documented by military diplomas from 122 to 167/168 and was stationed in the province of Dacia Inferior .

Web links

Commons : Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum (Moesia) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula. Dissertation, 1973 Volume 1 ( PDF ) Volume 2 ( PDF )
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

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b The scenario given here assumes two different units with the name Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum : the Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum (Dacia) , which was stationed in the province of Dacia inferior , and another unit, the Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum (Moesia) , the was stationed in the province of Moesia .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Margaret M. Roxan , The Auxilia, pp. 65, 68, 422-428, 737-738.

^ ^A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 70-71, 88-90.

^ Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 166 table 9 ( PDF ).

↑ Military diplomas of the years 69/79 ( AE 2009, 1800 ), 75 ( Chiron-2009-506 ), 77/78 ( AE 2011, 1118 ), 92 ( ZPE-148-269 ), 99 ( CIL 16, 44 ), 105 ( AE 2004, 1256 , RMM 11 ), 114 ( CIL 16, 58 ), 120 ( ZPE-207-219 ), 125 ( RMD 4, 235 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 241 , ZPE-165-232 ), 134 ( Chiron-2008-300 , CIL 16, 78 ), 145 ( RMD 3, 165 ), 146 ( AE 2007, 1233 , Chiron-2009-553 , RMD 4, 270 ) and 157 ( RMD 1, 50 ).

↑ Margaret M. Roxan, Werner Eck : A Diploma of Moesia Inferior: 125 June. 1 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 116 (1997), pp. 193–203, here pp. 197–198 ( PDF ).

↑ Inscription from Chersonesus Taurica D 09160

^ Inscriptions from Bigeste AE 1907, 249 , AE 2000, 1178 , AE 2000, 1179 , ILJug-03, 01929

[GE-5] The scenario given here assumes two different units with the name Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum : the Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum (Dacia) , which was stationed in the province of Dacia inferior , and another unit, the Cohors I Bracaraugustanorum (Moesia) , the was stationed in the province of Moesia .

[mmr1-1] Margaret M. Roxan , The Auxilia, pp. 65, 68, 422-428, 737-738.

[jsp-2] A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 70-71, 88-90.

[js-3] Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 166 table 9 ( PDF ).