Cohors I Thracum (Arabia)

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The Cohors I Thracum [civium Romanorum] ( German  1st cohort of the Thracians [the Roman citizens] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components
  • 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 ...
  • Thracum : The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Thracian people on the territory of the Roman province of Thrace when the unit was established .
  • 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 occurs in the diploma of 142.

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 province of Arabia . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 142-145 AD.

The first evidence of unity in the province of Arabia is based on a diploma dated 142. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Arabia ) that were stationed in the province. Another diploma, dated 145, proves unity in the same province.

Around 213, soldiers from the unit and soldiers from other cohorts built a fort near Qasr Al-Hallabat . The unit is mentioned for the last time in the Notitia dignitatum with the designation Cohors prima Thracum for the Asabaia location. She was part of the troops under the command of the Dux Arabiae .

Locations

Cohort locations in Arabia may have been:

Members of the cohort

Members of the cohort are not known.

See also

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ The scenario given here assumes that the Cohors I Thracum (Arabia) can be distinguished from both the Cohors I Thracum (Iudaea) and the Cohors I Thracum milliaria .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel , Das Erste Militärdiplom, p. 259.
  2. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 142 ( ZPE-150-254 ) and 145 (unpublished).
  3. ↑ a b inscription ( GLISyrA 17 )
  4. ^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXXVII ( online ).