Cohors I Sequanorum et Rauracorum

The Cohors I Sequanorum et Rauracorum [equitata] ( German 1st cohort of the Sequaner and Rauraker [partially mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by 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 ...

Sequanorum et Rauracorum : the Sequaner and Rauraker . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Gallic tribes of the Sequaner and Rauraker in the area of the Roman province of Gallia Belgica when the unit was established .

equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry. The addition appears in two inscriptions.

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 Germania superior province . It is listed in several inscriptions, one of which is dated to AD 191.

The unit was probably initially stationed in the Oberscheidental fort . At this location she was assigned the Numerus Brittonum Triputiensium . Around 159/161 the cohort was relocated to the Miltenberg Old Town fort in the course of a shift of the Limes to the east . The number will probably have followed its cohort to which it was assigned.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Germania superior were possibly:

Fort Oberscheidental

Fort Miltenberg-Altstadt ( Miltenberg ): three inscriptions were found here.

Three more inscriptions were found in different places in the former province of Germania superior .

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

Antonius Natalis , a centurion of the Legio XXII Primigenia
Claudius Iustinus , a centurion of Legio XXII Primigenia

Gaius Sempronius Martialis , a prefect
[S] extilius P [] us, a Centurion of Legio XXII Primigenia ( CIL 13, 7325 )

Others

Mansuetinius Se [], a centurion ( CIL 13, 6604 )

Web links

Commons : Cohors I Sequanorum et Rauracorum - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Inscriptions with equitata ( CIL 13, 6503 , CIL 13, 6509 ).
^ ^A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 175, 187.
↑ ^a ^b Marcus Reuter : Studies on the numbers of the Roman Army in the Middle Imperial Era, dissertation, In: Reports of the Roman-Germanic Commission 80, 1999, pp. 359-569, here pp. 459-460.
↑ Inscriptions from Miltenberg ( CIL 13, 6604 , CIL 13, 6609 , CIL 13, 12460 ).
↑ Further inscriptions: from Heddernheim ( CIL 13, 7325 ), Mudau-Steinbach ( CIL 13, 6503 ) and Schlossau ( CIL 13, 6509 ).

[IN-EQU-1] Inscriptions with equitata ( CIL 13, 6503 , CIL 13, 6509 ).

[jsp-2] A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 175, 187.

[mr-3] Marcus Reuter : Studies on the numbers of the Roman Army in the Middle Imperial Era, dissertation, In: Reports of the Roman-Germanic Commission 80, 1999, pp. 359-569, here pp. 459-460.

[IN-ST2-4] Inscriptions from Miltenberg ( CIL 13, 6604 , CIL 13, 6609 , CIL 13, 12460 ).

[IN-ST3-5] Further inscriptions: from Heddernheim ( CIL 13, 7325 ), Mudau-Steinbach ( CIL 13, 6503 ) and Schlossau ( CIL 13, 6509 ).