Cohors I Germanorum (Cappadocia)

This article deals with the Cohors I Germanorum stationed in the province of Cappadocia . For other units with this name see Cohors I Germanorum .

The Cohors I Germanorum [milliaria] [equitata] ( German  1st cohort of Teutons [1000 men] [partly mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions and Arrian's work Ἔκταξις κατὰ Ἀλάνοον .

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 ...

• Germanorum : the Teutons . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the various Germanic tribes when the unit was set up.

• 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.

• equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry.

The unit was a Cohors milliaria equitata . The nominal strength of the unit was 1040 men, consisting of 10 Centurien infantry with 80 men each and 8 tower cavalry with 30 riders each.

history

The cohort was stationed in the province of Cappadocia .

It is unknown when the unit was relocated to Cappadocia and in which provinces it was previously stationed. For the first time, the cohort in Cappadocia is recorded as part of the armed forces that Arrian mobilized for his campaign against the Alans (Ἔκταξις κατὰ Ἀλάνοον) around 135. Arrian mentions in his report a unit that he calls οἱ Κελτοὶ ἱππεῖς.

The unit is mentioned for the last time in the Notitia dignitatum with the name Cohors miliaria Germanorum for the Sisila location. She was part of the troops under the command of the Dux Armeniae .

Locations

Cohort locations in Cappadocia may have been:

• Sisila: The unit is listed in the Notitia dignitatum for this location.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

[?], a επαρχος (prefect) (IGR 3.1420). He was also the commander of the Ala I Thracum Herculana . M (arcus) Sulpicius Felix, a prefect ( AE 1931, 36 ). He was also the tribune of the Cohors III Ulpia Petraeorum .

Ποπλ (ιος) Αιλ (ιος) Αμμωνιος (Publius Aelius Ammonius), a tribune (IGR 1.623). He was also επαρχος the Ala I Flavia Gaetulorum and the Cohors V Hispanorum .

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary units
• Roman forces in Cappadocia

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} According to Jörg Scheuerbrandt , the riders of the Cohors I Germanorum formed part of the vanguard during the march during the Arrian campaign .
2. ↑ The scenario given here is based on three different cohorts: the Cohors I Germanorum (Cappadocia) , which was stationed in the province of Cappadocia , the Cohors I Germanorum (Germania) , which was stationed in the province of Germania superior and the Cohors I Germanorum ( Moesia) , which was stationed in the province of Moesia inferior .
3. ↑ ^{a b} The assignment of the two commanders to the Cohors I Germanorum (Cappadocia) is controversial.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Michael Alexander Speidel : The Development of the Roman Forces in Northeastern Anatolia. New evidence for the history of the exercitus Cappadocicus. , Special print from: MA Speidel, Heer und Herrschaft im Römischen Reich der Hohen Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 595–631, here pp. 603, 614 ( online ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, pp. 63, 66 ( PDF ).
3. ^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXXVIII ( online ).