Cohors I Flavia Musulamiorum

This article deals with the Cohors I Flavia Musulamiorum stationed in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis . For the unit stationed in the provinces of Syria and Lycia et Pamphylia see Cohors I Musulamiorum .

The Cohors I Flavia Musulamiorum ( German  1st cohort, the Flavian of the Musulamer ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions. In two inscriptions it is referred to as Cohors I Musulamiorum .

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 ...

• Flavia : the Flavian. The honorary designation refers to the Flavian emperors Vespasian , Titus or Domitian .

• Musulamiorum : the Musulamer . When the unit was set up, the soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the North African Musulamer people in the area of Numidia .

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 Mauretania Caesariensis province . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 107-131 AD.

The unit was probably stationed in Mauretania Caesariensis as early as the 1st century . It is verified for the first time in 107 by a diploma. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman forces in Mauretania ) that were stationed in the province. Another diploma, dated 131, proves unity in the same province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

[?], a prefect ( CIL 14, 4467 ) C (aius) Cornelius Flaccus, a Prefect ( CIL 8, 4879 )

Iulius Ho []: he is named on the diploma of 131 as a commander. Titus Tatinus Marianus, a Prefect ( CIL 8, 8414 )

Others

[] naius, a soldier ( AE 1980, 971 )

Diurdanus, a foot soldier: the diploma of 131 was issued to him.

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary units
• Roman forces in Mauretania

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. ↑ According to John Spaul , two tombstones belonging to members of the cohort can probably be dated to the 1st century.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Inscriptions ( AE 1980, 971 , CIL 8, 4879 ).
2. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 107 ( CIL 16, 56 ) and 131 ( ZPE-153-194 ).
3. ^ ^{A b} John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 466, 471
4. ^ 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. 175 Table 17 ( PDF ).
5. ↑ ^{a b} Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: New military diplomas for the troops of the Mauritanian provinces In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 153 (2005), pp. 187-206, here pp. 192-193 ( online ).