Cohors I Celtiberorum

The Cohors I Celtiberorum [equitata] ( German 1st cohort of the Keltiberer [part mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and an inscription.

Name components

Celtiberorum : The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the various tribes of the Celtiberians when the unit was set up .

equitata : partially mounted. It is believed that the unit was a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry. However, this is not certain.

Since there is no reference to the addition of milliaria (1000 men) to the name , the unit was either a pure infantry cohort with a nominal strength of 480 men or a Cohors equitata with a nominal strength of 600 men (480 infantry and 120 horsemen), consisting of 6 Centurien infantry with 80 men each and 4 tower cavalry with 30 riders each.

history

The first evidence of unity in the province of Britannia is based on a military diploma dated to AD 105. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see British Army ) that were stationed in Britain. Further military diplomas, dated 122, 127, 145, 158 and 178, prove the unity in Britain under the governors Aulus Platorius Nepos , Lucius Trebius Germanus , Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus , Gnaeus Iulius Verus and Ulpius Marcellus .

Locations

Cohort locations in Britain may have been:

Caersws : Brick finds with the stamp CICF , which can be interpreted as C ohortis IC eltiberorum F iglina or C ohors IC eltiberorum F ecit , indicate the presence (of parts) of the cohort in Caersws. Alternatively, the brick stamps could also be assigned to the Cohors I Cornoviorum .

Commanders

Perhaps lulius Antoninus was a commander of the cohort. He is mentioned in a Greek inscription, but it does not reveal which of the two Cohors I Celtiberorum he commanded.

Further cohorts with the designation Cohors I Celtiberorum

There was another cohort, the Cohors I Celtiberorum civium Romanorum , which was stationed first in Mauretania Tingitana and then in Hispania Tarraconensis .

Web links

Cohors Primae Celtiberorum. roman-britain.co.uk, accessed February 1, 2017 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Paul A. Holder: A Roman Military Diploma from Ravenglass, Cumbria. In: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Volume 79, number 1 (1997), pp. 3–42, here p. 16 ( PDF p. 14 ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 171–174 (168–171 ) , accessed on February 6, 2017 .
^ 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. 157 ( PDF p. 159 table 1 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 105 ( CIL 16, 51 ), 122 ( CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( AE 1997, 1779 ), 145 ( CIL 16, 93 ), 158 ( AE 1997, 1001 ) and 178 ( AE 2006, 1837 , RMD-04,293 and RMD-04,294).
↑ 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. 63 (642) , accessed on February 6, 2017 (English).

[pah-1] A ^b Paul A. Holder: A Roman Military Diploma from Ravenglass, Cumbria. In: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Volume 79, number 1 (1997), pp. 3–42, here p. 16 ( PDF p. 14 ).

[mmr1-2] 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. 171–174 (168–171 ) , accessed on February 6, 2017 .

[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. 157 ( PDF p. 159 table 1 ).

[MD-4] Military diplomas of the years 105 ( CIL 16, 51 ), 122 ( CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( AE 1997, 1779 ), 145 ( CIL 16, 93 ), 158 ( AE 1997, 1001 ) and 178 ( AE 2006, 1837 , RMD-04,293 and RMD-04,294).

[mmr2-5] 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. 63 (642) , accessed on February 6, 2017 (English).