Cohors I Ulpia Paphlagonum

The Cohors I Ulpia Paphlagonum [equitata] ( German 1st ulpic cohort from Paphlagonia [partly mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit .

Name components

Ulpia : the Ulpian . The honorary designation refers to Emperor Trajan , whose full name is Marcus Ulpius Traianus . A total of 16 cohorts with this suffix are known.

Paphlagonum : from Paphlagonia . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited on the territory of Paphlagonia when the unit was set up.

equitata : partially mounted. The unit, like its two sister units, may have been a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry.

Since there is no evidence of the addition of milliaria (1000 men) to the name , the unit was either a pure infantry cohort, a Cohors (quingenaria) peditata , with a nominal strength of 480 men, or a Cohors (quingenaria) equitata with a nominal strength of 600 men (480 infantry and 120 riders), consisting of 6 centuries of infantry with 80 men each and 4 tower cavalry with 30 riders each.

history

The existence of the cohort is considered certain due to the proven existence of its two sister units, the Cohors II and III Ulpia Paphlagonum , although there is no evidence for the cohort itself.

John Spaul assigned the inscription ( CIL 6, 3654 ) to the unit, but by discovering the missing part of the inscription it became apparent that the Cohors I Apamenorum and not the Cohors I Ulpia Paphlagonum is listed in the inscription. The cohort may have been stationed in Syria like its two sister units and was destroyed during the Bar Kochba uprising .

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

Members of the cohort are not known.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Julian Bennett: THE REGULAR ROMAN AUXILIARY REGIMENTS FORMED FROM THE PROVINCES OF ASIA MINOR , ANATOLICA XXXVII, 2011, pp. 251–274 here pp. 267–268, ( PDF pp. 17-18 ).
↑ 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 , p 390.392

[jb-1] A ^b ^c ^d Julian Bennett: THE REGULAR ROMAN AUXILIARY REGIMENTS FORMED FROM THE PROVINCES OF ASIA MINOR , ANATOLICA XXXVII, 2011, pp. 251–274 here pp. 267–268, ( PDF pp. 17-18 ).

[jsp-2] 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 , p 390.392