Cohors I Ituraeorum (Mauretania Tingitana)

The Cohors I Ituraeorum [civium Romanorum] ( German 1st cohort from Ituräa [the Roman citizens ] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by military diplomas.

Name components

Ituraeorum : from Ituraea . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited in the Iturea region when the unit was established .

civium Romanorum : the Roman citizen or with Roman citizenship. The soldiers of the unit had been granted Roman citizenship at one point in time. However, this did not apply to soldiers who were accepted into the unit after this point in time. They received Roman citizenship only with their honorable farewell ( Honesta missio ) after 25 years of service. The addition appears in most military diplomas.

Since there are no references to the additions milliaria (1000 men) and equitata (partly 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 in the province of Mauretania Tingitana is based on a military diploma dated to the year 104 AD. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman forces in Mauretania ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated 109 to 162/203, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Mauretania Tingitana were possibly:

Tingis ( Tangier ): Since the unit is always listed as the first of the cohorts on military diplomas , John Spaul suspects that the camp was in the immediate vicinity of the provincial governor, who was based in Tingis.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

Baebi [u] s H []: he is named on the diploma of 161 as the commander of the cohort.

Others

Ze [non], a foot soldier: the diploma of 161 was issued to him.

Further cohorts with the designation Cohors I Ituraeorum

There were 3 other cohorts named Cohors I Ituraeorum :

Cohors I Augusta Ituraeorum : She is documented by military diplomas from 80 to 179 and was stationed in the provinces of Syria , Pannonia and Dacia .
Cohors I Ituraeorum (Syria) : She is documented by diplomas from 88 to 110 and was stationed in the provinces of Syria and Dacia .
Cohors I Ituraeorum (Thracia) : It is documented by diplomas from 88 to 101 and was stationed in the provinces of Germania , Moesia , Thracia and Cappadocia .

Remarks

↑ John Spaul lists other members of the unit; but these were assigned to the Cohors I Ituraeorum (Thracia) .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c 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 978-1841710464 , pp. 437, 442– 443
^ 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. 176 Table 18 ( PDF p. 178 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 104 ( AE 2004, 1891 ), 109 ( CIL 16, 161 ), 114/117 ( CIL 16, 165 ), 121/122 ( CIL 16, 170 ), 122 ( CIL 16, 73 ), 128 / 133 ( CIL 16, 173 ), 131 ( RMD 3, 157 ), 135 ( RMD 5, 382 ), 153 ( AE 2007, 1776 , RMD 5, 409 , RMD 5, 410 , RMM 34 , ZPE-153-202 ) , 156/157 ( CIL 16, 181 , CIL 16, 182 ), 159 ( RMD 1, 53 ), 161 ( RMD 2, 107 ) and 162/203 ( RMD 3, 186 ).

[AN-4] John Spaul lists other members of the unit; but these were assigned to the Cohors I Ituraeorum (Thracia) .

[jsp-1] A ^b ^c 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 978-1841710464 , pp. 437, 442– 443

[js-2] 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. 176 Table 18 ( PDF p. 178 ).

[MD-3] Military diplomas of the years 104 ( AE 2004, 1891 ), 109 ( CIL 16, 161 ), 114/117 ( CIL 16, 165 ), 121/122 ( CIL 16, 170 ), 122 ( CIL 16, 73 ), 128 / 133 ( CIL 16, 173 ), 131 ( RMD 3, 157 ), 135 ( RMD 5, 382 ), 153 ( AE 2007, 1776 , RMD 5, 409 , RMD 5, 410 , RMM 34 , ZPE-153-202 ) , 156/157 ( CIL 16, 181 , CIL 16, 182 ), 159 ( RMD 1, 53 ), 161 ( RMD 2, 107 ) and 162/203 ( RMD 3, 186 ).