Cohors I Pannoniorum et Delmatarum

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The Cohors I Pannoniorum et Delmatarum (or Dalmatarum ) [equitata] [civium Romanorum] ( German  1st cohort of the Pannonians and Delmater [partly mounted] [of the Roman citizens] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

  • Pannoniorum et Delmatarum (or Dalmatarum ): the Pannonian and Delmater . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the various Pannonian tribes in the Roman province of Pannonia and from the Illyrian tribe of the Delmater in the Roman province of Dalmatia when the unit was established .
  • equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry. The addition appears in an inscription.
  • civium Romanorum : the Roman citizen. 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 the diploma of 101 and an inscription.

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 province of Germania inferior . It is listed on military diplomas for the years AD 98-158.

The first evidence of unity in the province of Germania inferior is based on a diploma dated 98. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 101 to 158, prove unity in the same province.

It is not certain that the cohort was in the province by 89. 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 ; but this addition is missing from the unit.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

Others

  • Ahucco, a foot soldier: the diploma of 158 was issued to him.

Further cohorts with the designation Cohors I Pannoniorum

There were five other cohorts with this designation, see Cohors I Pannoniorum .

See also

literature

  • 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 ( online ).
  • Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004 ( PDF ).
  • 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
  • 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 ( PDF ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ inscription with equitata ( CIL 10, 5829 )
  2. ↑ Inscription with civium Romanorum ( CIL 10, 5829 )
  3. ^ A b John Spaul, Cohors², pp. 315-316, 336.
  4. ↑ Jörg Scheuerbrandt , Exercitus, p. 158 Table 2 (PDF p. 160).
  5. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 101 ( RMM 9 ), 127 ( AE 2010, 1865 , RMD 4, 239 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ), 152 ( RMM 35 , ZPE-148-262 ) and 158 ( RMD 1, 52 ).
  6. ↑ Jan Kees Haalebos , Traian, p. 47.
  7. ↑ Paul A. Holder, Exercitus, pp. 245, 249-250.