Cohors I Flavia Canathenorum

The fragment of a military diploma from 156/157 AD in the Gäubodenmuseum in Straubing ( CIL 16, 183 )

The Cohors I Flavia Canathenorum [sagittariorum or sagittaria] [milliaria] ( German 1st Flavian cohort from Canatha [the archer ] [1000 men] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , inscriptions and brick stamps.

Name components

Flavia : the Flavian. The honorary designation refers to the Flavian emperors Vespasian , Titus or Domitian . A total of 14 cohorts with this suffix are known. The cohort was probably set up after the successful end of the Jewish War under Vespasian.

Canathenorum : from Canatha . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the city of Canatha and its surroundings when the unit was set up .

sagittariorum or sagittaria : [the / from] archer. The addition appears in most of the military diplomas in various abbreviations such as sag , sagit (t) or sagittar .

milliaria : 1000 men. Depending on whether it was an infantry cohort ( Cohors milliaria peditata ) or a mixed association of infantry and cavalry ( Cohors milliaria equitata ), the nominal strength of the unit was either 800 or 1040 men. In the military diplomas, the symbol is used instead of milliaria . ${\ displaystyle \ infty}$

Since there is no evidence of the suffix equitata (partially mounted), it can be assumed that it was a pure infantry cohort ( Cohors milliaria peditata ). The nominal strength of the unit was therefore 800 men, consisting of 10 Centuries with 80 men each.

history

The first evidence of unity in the Raetia province is based on 2 military diplomas dated to AD 116. In the diplomas, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Raetisches Army ) that were stationed in Raetia. Further military diplomas, dated 116/121, 125/128, 139, 151/170, 154/161, 156, 157, 157/161, 159/160, 160, 162, 166 and 167/168, attest to the unity in the same province.

Locations

Cohort locations in Raetia may have been:

Eining :
Koesching :
Kumpfmühl :
Sorviodurum ( Straubing ): During the reign of Trajan , the unit set up a camp in Sorviodurum and remained stationed here until the collapse of the Raetian Limes, when both the fort and the cohort perished.

Bricks with the stamp CIFC were found in Eining and Kösching, bricks with the stamp COH I CAN in Regensburg-Kumpfmühl and Sorviodurum ( CIL 3, 11992 ).

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

Aelius [.]: He is named on the diploma ( CIL 16, 118 ) as the commander of the cohort.

M. Plotius Faustus, a tribune ( CIL 8, 2394 , CIL 8, 2395 , CIL 8, 17904 ); he was also prefect of the Cohors III Ituraeorum .

Others

Asuodane, a soldier: the diploma ( CIL 16, 118 ) was issued to him.

Uncertainties

CIL 03, 14379

If the Coh I Aug Canathen mentioned in the inscription ( CIL 3, 14379 ) is identical to the Cohors I Flavia Canathenorum , the unit would have been stationed in the province of Arabia Petraea at an unknown time .

Relocation to Raetia

John Spaul believes the unit was relocated to Raetia between 107 and 116 as it is not listed on the military diploma ( CIL 16, 55 ) issued 06/30/107 for the province.

Farkas István Gergő suspects that the cohort was moved to the province of Raetia around 90 and was stationed in Sorviodurum between 90 and 106/117. A comparable case of a unit not being included in the troop list of a diploma is the Cohors I Breucorum , which is not listed on a diploma from 116/121, although it was in Raetia at the time .

Web links

Commons : Cohors I Flavia Canathenorum - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

↑ The dating of the military diplomas follows the information in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphy database (EDCS) (for details see the discussion page).

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d See in the article the section Garrison or Troops as well as the individual references and literature given there.

Individual evidence

↑ Julian Bennett: THE REGULAR ROMAN AUXILIARY REGIMENT FORMED FROM THE PROVINCES OF ASIA MINOR , anatolica XXXVII, 2011, pp 251-274 here p 265 ( PDF page 15 ).

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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 , pp. 421,427

^ 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. 160 table 4 ( PDF p. 162 ).

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Farkas István Gergő: THE ROMAN ARMY IN RAETIA Dissertation, University of Pécs Faculty of Humanities 2015, pp. 151–152, 243–259, 409–412 ( PDF 19.1 MB, pp. 154–155 , 246–262, 412–415 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ). @1@ 2

↑ Military diplomas from 116 (RMD-04,229 = AE 1995, 1185 , RMD-03,155 = AE 1993, 1240 ), 116/121 (ZPE-178-247 = AE 2011, 1803 ), 125/128 (RMD-01,32 = AE 1957, 156 ), 139 (RMD-05,386 = AE 1999, 1183 ), 151/170 (RMD-01,51 = AE 1978, 589 ), 154/161 ( CIL 16, 117 , RMD-03,175), 156 ( CIL 16, 183 ), 157 (RMD-03,170 = AE 1988, 905 , RMD-04,275 = AE 1995, 1182 , RMM 00038), 157/161 (RMD-05,434 = AE 2001, 1568 ), 159/160 ( AE 2005, 1153 ), 160 (RMD-04,278 = AE 1999, 1190 ), 162 ( CIL 16, 118 ), 166 ( CIL 16, 121 ) and 167/168 (RMD-01,68 = AE 1961, 174 ).

[MD-6] The dating of the military diplomas follows the information in the Clauss-Slaby epigraphy database (EDCS) (for details see the discussion page).

[ST-7] See in the article the section Garrison or Troops as well as the individual references and literature given there.

[jb-1] Julian Bennett: THE REGULAR ROMAN AUXILIARY REGIMENT FORMED FROM THE PROVINCES OF ASIA MINOR , anatolica XXXVII, 2011, pp 251-274 here p 265 ( PDF page 15 ).

[jsp-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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 , pp. 421,427

[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. 160 table 4 ( PDF p. 162 ).