Cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum

The Cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum [equitata] ( German 1st cohort of Latobics and Varcians [partly mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

Latobicorum et Varcianorum : the Latobic and Varcian . When the unit was established, the soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the tribes of Latobics and Varcians in the area of the Roman province of Pannonia . It is also possible that two existing cohorts, the Cohors I Latobicorum and the Cohors I Varcianorum, were combined into one unit.

pia fidelis : loyal and loyal. Domitian (81–96) had given the Roman armed forces in Germania inferior who remained loyal to him after the suppression of the uprising of Lucius Antonius Saturninus the honorary designation pia fidelis Domitiana ; it is uncertain whether this addition was also given to the cohort.

equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry. The addition appears in the inscription ( AE 1972, 226 ).

Since there is no evidence of the addition of milliaria (1000 men) to the name , the unit was a Cohors (quingenaria) equitata . The nominal strength of the cohort was 600 men (480 infantry and 120 horsemen), consisting of 6 centuries of infantry with 80 men each and 4 tower cavalry with 30 horsemen each.

history

The cohort was stationed in the provinces Germania and Germania inferior . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 80 to 158 AD.

The first evidence of unity in Germania is based on a diploma dated 80. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated from 98 to 158, prove the unity in Germania inferior .

The last evidence of the cohort is based on the inscription ( AE 1972, 226 ), which is dated to 211/217.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Germania were possibly:

Wesseling Roman Camp

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

[?], probably a prefect ( AE 1972, 226 )
Pompey Honoratus, a prefect ( AE 1990, 727 )

Q (uintus) Porcius Vetustinus, a prefect ( CIL 2, 4240 )

Others

Aemilius Lasciv (u) s, a soldier ( CIL 13, 8316 )

Appius Mercator Attonis, a horseman ( AE 1990, 727 )

Remarks

↑ According to Paul Holder , the addition p (ia) f (idelis) was possibly listed in the diploma of 158. According to Jan Kees Haalebos, there is no evidence for the use of this additive in the cohort.

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. 315, 328
↑ Jan Kees Haalebos : Traian and the auxiliary troops on the Lower Rhine A military diploma of the year 98 AD from Elst in the Over-Betuwe (Netherlands) In: Saalberg Jahrbuch, 2000/50, p. 31–72 , here p. 50– 51 ( online ).
^ Paul A. Holder: Exercitus Pius Fidelis: The Army of Germania Inferior in AD 89 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . Volume 128 (1999), pp. 237-250, here pp. 245, 249-250 ( PDF ).
^ 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. 158 Table 2 ( PDF p. 160 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 80 ( CIL 16, 158 ), 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 101 ( RMM 9 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 239 , RMM 24 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ), 152 ( RMM 35 , ZPE-148-262 ) and 158 ( RMD 1, 52 ).

[GE-4] According to Paul Holder , the addition p (ia) f (idelis) was possibly listed in the diploma of 158. According to Jan Kees Haalebos, there is no evidence for the use of this additive in the cohort.

[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. 315, 328

[jkh-2] Jan Kees Haalebos : Traian and the auxiliary troops on the Lower Rhine A military diploma of the year 98 AD from Elst in the Over-Betuwe (Netherlands) In: Saalberg Jahrbuch, 2000/50, p. 31–72 , here p. 50– 51 ( online ).

[pah-3] Paul A. Holder: Exercitus Pius Fidelis: The Army of Germania Inferior in AD 89 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . Volume 128 (1999), pp. 237-250, here pp. 245, 249-250 ( PDF ).

[js-5] 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. 158 Table 2 ( PDF p. 160 ).

[MD-6] Military diplomas of the years 80 ( CIL 16, 158 ), 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 101 ( RMM 9 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 239 , RMM 24 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ), 152 ( RMM 35 , ZPE-148-262 ) and 158 ( RMD 1, 52 ).