Cohors I Delmatarum (Britannia)

This article deals with the Cohors I Delmatarum stationed in the province of Britannia . For the unit stationed in the province of Dalmatia , see Cohors I Delmatarum (Dalmatia) .

The tombstone fragment of Aurelius ( RIB 1289 )

The dedicatory inscription of Paulus Postumius Acilianus

The Cohors I Delmatarum (or Dalmatarum ) ( German  1st cohort of the Delmater ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

• Cohors : The cohort was an infantry unit of the auxiliary troops in the Roman army .

• I : The Roman number stands for the ordinal number, the first ( Latin prima ). Hence the name of this military unit is pronounced as Cohors prima ...

• Delmatarum or Dalmatarum : the Delmater or Dalmater. The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Illyrian tribe of the Delmater on the territory of the Roman province of Dalmatia when the unit was set up . Both the name variants can be found in the inscriptions as well as in the military diplomas.

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 province of Britannia . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 122 to 158 AD.

The first evidence of unity in Britannia is based on a diploma dated 122. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Britannia ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated 124 to 158, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

Cohort locations in Britain may have been:

Alauna ( Maryport ): several inscriptions have been found here. Bremenium ( High Rochester ): an inscription was found here.

Cilurnum (Chesters): an inscription was found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

[] nius iuvenalis ( CIL 10, 5382 ) Aulus Fabius Proculus , a prefect Lucius Caecilius Vegetus , a prefect Lucius Domitius Rogatus , a prefect

M (arcus) Nasellius Sabinus, a prefect ( CIL 9, 1618 ) Paulus Postumius Acilianus , a prefect Tiberius Claudius Valerius

Others

• Aureli (us) Ex [] im (us), a Centurion ( RIB 1289 )

See also

List of Roman auxiliary units

Roman forces in Britannia

Web links

Commons : Cohors I Delmatarum (Britannia)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 2516 - Cohors I Dalmatarum. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed December 25, 2016 . 

literature

• 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

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The assignment to the unit is assumed, but is not certain.
2. ↑ According to Paul A. Holder , the unit in the inscription is more likely to be the Cohors I Dalmatarum than the Cohors I Aelia Dacorum , since the addition Aelia is missing.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 122 ( CIL 16, 69 ), 124 ( CIL 16, 70 ), 132 ( ZPE-174-189 ), 135 ( CIL 16, 82 ) and 158 ( RMD 5, 420 ).
2. ^ ^{A b c} John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 299-300, 302-303.
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 Table 1 ( PDF ).
4. ^ ^{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 pp. 14–15 ( PDF ).
5. ↑ Inscriptions from Alauna ( RIB 810 , RIB 831 , RIB 832 , RIB 833 , RIB 847 , RIB 850 ).
6. ↑ Inscription from Bremenium ( RIB 1289 ).
7. ↑ Inscription from Cilurnum ( RIB 3300 ).