Cohors I Thebaeorum

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The Cohors I Thebaeorum [equitata] ( German  1st cohort from Thebais [partially mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , inscriptions and papyri .

Name components

  • Thebaeorum : from Thebais . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Thebais, the area around the city of Thebes , when the unit was set up . The Cohors I and II Thebaeorum were the only auxiliary units that were set up in the territory of the province of Aegyptus .
  • equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry. The addition appears in the inscription ( CIL 3, 14147,2 ).

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 first evidence of unity in the province of Aegyptus is based on a military diploma dated to the year 83. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Aegyptus ) that were stationed in the province. Another diploma, dated 105, proves unity in the same province.

On the diploma of 105, the cohort is listed as ex translatarum in Iudaeam , i.e. H. it was to be moved to the province of Iudaea . But since she is not listed on any of the later military diplomas for Iudaea , she probably took part in the annexation of the Nabatean Empire by Trajan in 106 and was then stationed in the newly established province of Arabia Petraea .

Locations

Cohort locations in Aegyptus may have been:

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

Others

  • L (ucius) Domitius Aper, a Centurion ( CIL 3, 6627 )
  • T. Staius Domitianus, a veteran

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ John Spaul gives another 23 members of the cohort who are listed on inscriptions in Greek: a commander, 8 principales and 14 ordinary soldiers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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 , pp. 455– 457
  2. ^ Jörg Scheuerbrandt: Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, pp. 173–174, tables 15, 16 ( PDF pp. 175, 176 ).
  3. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 83 ( CIL 16, 29 ) and 105 ( RMD 1, 9 ).
  4. ^ DJ Knight: The Movement of the Auxilia from Augustus to Hadrian In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik Volume 85 (1991), pp 189-208, here p. 205 ( PDF p. 19 ).