Cohors I Gallorum

The Cohors I Gallorum [Dacica] ( German 1st cohort of the Gauls [ Dacica ] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by military diplomas.

Name components

Gallorum : the Gaul . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the various tribes of the Gauls in the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis when the unit was established .

Dacica : from Dacia / the Dakische. The addition appears in the military diploma of 157.

Since there is no evidence of the additions milliaria (1000 men) and equitata (partially mounted), it can be assumed that it is a pure infantry cohort, a Cohors (quingenaria) peditata . The nominal strength of the unit was 480 men, consisting of 6 Centuries with 80 men each.

history

The first evidence of unity in the province of Dacia superior is based on a military diploma dated 136/138 AD. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Dacia ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 142 to 157, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

Members of the cohort are not known.

Remarks

↑ For details on the military diplomas (literature, dates etc.) see the disc page.

Individual evidence

^ 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. 169 table 11 ( PDF p. 171 ).
^ Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis 39-40 / I Cluj-Napoca, 2002-2003 (2004), pp. 259-296, here p. 282 ( online ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 136/138 ( RMD 5, 384 ), 142 ( AE 2012, 1945 ), 144 ( CIL 16, 90 ) and 157 ( CIL 16, 107 ).

[MD-4] For details on the military diplomas (literature, dates etc.) see the disc page.

[js-1] 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. 169 table 11 ( PDF p. 171 ).

[ot-fmp-2] Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis 39-40 / I Cluj-Napoca, 2002-2003 (2004), pp. 259-296, here p. 282 ( online ).

[MD-3] Military diplomas of the years 136/138 ( RMD 5, 384 ), 142 ( AE 2012, 1945 ), 144 ( CIL 16, 90 ) and 157 ( CIL 16, 107 ).