Cohors I Menapiorum

The Cohors I Menapiorum [nautarum] ( German 1st cohort of the Menapier [sailors] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by military diplomas.

Name components

Menapiorum : the Menapier . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Menapier people in the Roman province of Gallia Belgica when the unit was established .

nautarum : the sailor . The addition appears in the military diploma of 135.

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

history

The cohort was stationed in the province of Britannia . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 122-135 AD.

The unit was probably set up after the suppression of the Batavian Uprising together with other auxiliary units and probably came to Britain with Quintus Petillius Cerialis . The first evidence of unity in Britannia is based on a diploma dated 122. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Britannia ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated 124 to 135, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

Members of the cohort are not known.

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b It is not certain whether the unit was listed on the (incomplete) diploma of 135. John Spaul assigns the diploma to the Cohors I Menapiorum , while other historians assume an independent Cohors Nautarum .

Individual evidence

↑ 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 , S. 174, 185th
^ 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. 157 Table 1 ( PDF p. 159 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 122 ( CIL 16, 69 ), 124 ( CIL 16, 70 ) and 135 ( CIL 16, 82 ).

[NA-1] It is not certain whether the unit was listed on the (incomplete) diploma of 135. John Spaul assigns the diploma to the Cohors I Menapiorum , while other historians assume an independent Cohors Nautarum .

[jsp-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 978-1841710464 , S. 174, 185th

[js-3] 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. 157 Table 1 ( PDF p. 159 ).

[MD-4] Military diplomas of the years 122 ( CIL 16, 69 ), 124 ( CIL 16, 70 ) and 135 ( CIL 16, 82 ).