Cohors I Lucensium (Germania)

The Cohors I Lucensium [Hispanorum] [pia fidelis] ( German 1st cohort from the conventus Lucensis [the Hispanic ] [loyal and loyal] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

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 ...

Lucensium : from the conventus Lucensis . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited when the unit was established in the area of the conventus (iuridicus) Lucensis (with the capital Lucus Augusti ).

Hispanorum : the Hispanic . The addition appears in an inscription.

pia fidelis : loyal and loyal. Domitian (81-96) gave 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 . The addition appears in military diplomas from 127 to 150 and in an inscription.

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

history

The cohort was stationed in the provinces Germania and Germania inferior . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 81/84 to 152 AD.

The first evidence in Germania is based on an inscription that was found in Mainz-Zahlbach . The unit is documented for the first time in 81/84 in the province through a diploma. 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 between 98 and 152, attest to the unity in Germania inferior .

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Germania inferior were possibly:

Matilo ( Leiden -Roomburg): an inscription was found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

[] Cruscellio: he is named on a diploma of 127 ( KJ-2010-185 ) as a commander.

Others

[?]: a diploma of 127 ( KJ-2010-185 ) was issued to him.
Reburrus, a soldier ( CIL 13, 7045 )

literature

Agustín Jiménez de Furundarena: Cohors I Lucensium Equitata In: Hispania Antiqua , Volume XL (2016), pp. 169-190 ( online ).
Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula. Dissertation, 1973 Volume 1 ( PDF 1 ) Volume 2 ( PDF 2 )
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 978-1-84171-046-4

Remarks

↑ The scenario given here is based on two different cohorts: the Cohors I Lucensium (Germania) , which was stationed in the Germania province and the Cohors I Lucensium (Syria) , which was stationed in the provinces of Dalmatia and Syria .
↑ Margaret M. Roxan dates the tombstone of Reburrus to 33 AD, while Agustín Jiménez de Furundarena dates it to 70. The EDH dates the inscription to 39/70.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Margaret M. Roxan , The Auxilia, pp. 65, 69-70, 464-465, 469-471, 756.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Agustín Jiménez de Furundarena, Cohors I Lucensium Equitata, pp. 171, 176, 179-189.
↑ ^a ^b 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, pp. 31-72 , here p. 49-50 ( online ).
↑ ^a ^b inscription ( CIL 13, 7045 )
^ 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. 237, 242, 246, 248 ( PDF ).
↑ Inscription with pia fidelis ( CIL 13, 8823 )
↑ ^a ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 69-71, 82.
^ 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 81/84 ( RMD 5, 327 ), 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 101 ( RMM 00009 ), 127 ( KJ-2010-185 , RMD 4, 239 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ) and 153 ( ZPE-148-262 ).
↑ Inscription from Matilo ( CIL 13, 8823 )
^ ^A ^b Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: Observations on the Diplomata Militaria for the Province of Germania inferior In: Kölner Jahrbuch , Volume 43 (2010), pp. 181-195, here p. 186 ( online ).

[GE1-10] The scenario given here is based on two different cohorts: the Cohors I Lucensium (Germania) , which was stationed in the Germania province and the Cohors I Lucensium (Syria) , which was stationed in the provinces of Dalmatia and Syria .

[GE2-11] Margaret M. Roxan dates the tombstone of Reburrus to 33 AD, while Agustín Jiménez de Furundarena dates it to 70. The EDH dates the inscription to 39/70.

[mmr-1] Margaret M. Roxan , The Auxilia, pp. 65, 69-70, 464-465, 469-471, 756.

[ajf-2] Agustín Jiménez de Furundarena, Cohors I Lucensium Equitata, pp. 171, 176, 179-189.

[jkh-3] 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, pp. 31-72 , here p. 49-50 ( online ).

[IN1-4] scription ( CIL 13, 7045 )

[pah-5] 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. 237, 242, 246, 248 ( PDF ).

[IN-PF-6] Inscription with pia fidelis ( CIL 13, 8823 )

[jsp-7] John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 69-71, 82.

[js-8] 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-9] Military diplomas of the years 81/84 ( RMD 5, 327 ), 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 101 ( RMM 00009 ), 127 ( KJ-2010-185 , RMD 4, 239 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ) and 153 ( ZPE-148-262 ).

[IN-ST1-12] Inscription from Matilo ( CIL 13, 8823 )

[we1-13] A ^b Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: Observations on the Diplomata Militaria for the Province of Germania inferior In: Kölner Jahrbuch , Volume 43 (2010), pp. 181-195, here p. 186 ( online ).