Cohors I Liburnorum

The Cohors I Liburnorum ( German 1st cohort of Liburnians ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.

Name components

Liburnorum : [the] Liburnian . The soldiers of the cohort were when installing the unit from the Illyrian tribe of Liburnians in the area of the Roman province of Illyria recruited.

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

Since the cohort is only recorded on an inscription and it is not listed on any military diplomas from the 1st or 2nd century, it probably only existed for a short time. The unit possibly originated in connection with the campaigns of Augustus from 35 to 33 BC. In Illyricum. Later it was then probably merged with other units from Dalmatia and the surrounding area and the Cohors V Delmatarum was created , which is documented for the province of Mauretania Tingitana .

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

A member of the cohort, T (itus) Octavius Macer , a centurion , is known from the inscription ( AE 1950, 111 ).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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 , p. 301

[jsp-1] A ^b 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 , p. 301