Cohors I Cantabrorum

The Cohors I Cantabrorum ( German 1st cohort of the Cantabrians ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , inscriptions and brick stamps.

Name components

Cantabrorum : the Cantabrian . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Cantabrian people in the area of the conventus Cluniensis (with the capital Clunia ) when the unit was established .

Since there are no references to the additions to the name 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 cohort was stationed in the Moesia Province . It is listed on military diplomas for the year 78 AD.

In Moesia, unity is only reliably proven by the diplomas. In the diplomas, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Moesia ) that were stationed in the province. Since there is no further evidence of its later existence, the unit probably went under in the Dacer Wars.

Locations

Cohort locations may have been:

Acumincum : Bricks marked COH I CANT were found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

Gaius Cammicus Sabinus : he is named with a diploma of 78 ( ZPE-173-237 ) as a commander.
M (arcus) Clodius Ma [], a prefect ( CIL 5, 4326 , InscrIt-10-05, 00737 )

Others

Crispus ( ILJug-02, 00463 )
Octavius, a foot soldier: a diploma of 78 ( ZPE-173-237 ) was issued to him.

literature

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

^ According to Margaret M. Roxan , the unit may have been a Cohors equitata .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Margaret M. Roxan , The Auxilia, pp. 64-66, 457-459, 750.
^ ^A ^b ^c John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 97, 99-100.
↑ Military diplomas of the year 78 ( Chiron-2008-319 , CIL 16, 22 , RMD 4, 208 , ZPE-173-237 ).

↑ ^a ^b Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: Another diploma of the Vespasian constitution for the troops of Moesia from 7 February 78 AD In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 173 (2010), pp. 237-243, here p. 242 ( online ).

[NA1-2] According to Margaret M. Roxan , the unit may have been a Cohors equitata .

[mmr-1] Margaret M. Roxan , The Auxilia, pp. 64-66, 457-459, 750.

[jsp-3] A ^b ^c John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 97, 99-100.

[MD-4] Military diplomas of the year 78 ( Chiron-2008-319 , CIL 16, 22 , RMD 4, 208 , ZPE-173-237 ).

[we1-5] Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: Another diploma of the Vespasian constitution for the troops of Moesia from 7 February 78 AD In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 173 (2010), pp. 237-243, here p. 242 ( online ).