Cohors I Thracum Sagittariorum

The Cohors I Thracum Sagittariorum (or Sagittaria ) ( German 1st cohort of the Thracians of the archers ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by military diplomas.

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 ...

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 .

Sagittariorum or Sagittaria : the archer. The addition occurs in the military diplomas from 136/138 to 179.

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 Dacia superior province . It is listed on military diplomas for the years 136/138 to 179 AD.

The unit may have participated in Trajan's Parthian War. The first evidence in Dacia superior is based on a diploma dated 136/138. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Dacia ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 142 to 179, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

Gaius Annius Titianus : he is named on the diploma of 142 as a commander.

Others

Industes, a foot soldier: the diploma of 142 was issued to him.
L (ucius) [F] urius Sev (erus), a prepositive of a vexillatio ( AE 1990, 871 )

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

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b According to Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl Industes came from Lamos in the province of Cilicia . He was awarded at least 25 years before his diploma was issued, i.e. H. by 117 AD at the latest, recruited. If the cohort took part in the Parthian War, it is possible that gaps in the crew were filled by recruits from nearby regions.
↑ The inscription was found in the Crimea . According to John Spaul, the Cohors I Thracum Sagittariorum is the closest unit of Thracians.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 353-354, 363.
^ Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 169 table 11 ( PDF ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 136/138 ( RMD 5, 384 ), 142 ( ZPE-181-173 ), 144 ( CIL 16, 90 ), 157 ( CIL 16, 107 ), 158 ( CIL 16, 108 ) and 179 ( RMD 2, 123 ).
↑ ^a ^b Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: A constitution for the troops of Dacia superior from the year 142 with the special formula for children of auxiliaries In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 181 (2012), pp. 173-182, here p 177 ( online ).

[GE-5] According to Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl Industes came from Lamos in the province of Cilicia . He was awarded at least 25 years before his diploma was issued, i.e. H. by 117 AD at the latest, recruited. If the cohort took part in the Parthian War, it is possible that gaps in the crew were filled by recruits from nearby regions.

[AN-6] The inscription was found in the Crimea . According to John Spaul, the Cohors I Thracum Sagittariorum is the closest unit of Thracians.

[jsp-1] A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 353-354, 363.

[js-2] Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 169 table 11 ( PDF ).

[MD-3] Military diplomas of the years 136/138 ( RMD 5, 384 ), 142 ( ZPE-181-173 ), 144 ( CIL 16, 90 ), 157 ( CIL 16, 107 ), 158 ( CIL 16, 108 ) and 179 ( RMD 2, 123 ).

[we1-4] Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: A constitution for the troops of Dacia superior from the year 142 with the special formula for children of auxiliaries In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 181 (2012), pp. 173-182, here p 177 ( online ).