Cohors Trumplinorum
The Cohors Trumplinorum ( German cohort of the Trumpiliner ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.
Name components
- Trumplinorum : [the] Trumpiliner . The soldiers of the cohort were when installing the unit from the Raetian tribe of Trumpiliner who in Val Trompia lived recruited.
Since there is no evidence of the additions milliaria (1000 men) and equitata (partially mounted), it can be assumed that it is a pure infantry cohort, a Cohors (quingenaria) peditata . The nominal strength of the unit was 480 men, consisting of 6 Centuries with 80 men each.
history
After the conquest of the Alpine region under Augustus around 15 BC. BC (see Augustan Alpine campaigns and Tropaeum Alpium ) were formed from the tribes of the Raetians and Vindelik auxiliary troop units, which were commanded by local leaders.
Locations
The locations of the cohort are not known.
Members of the cohort
A commander of the cohort, Staius , a prefect and princeps Trumplinorum , is known by the inscription ( CIL 5, 4910 ).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Farkas István Gergő: THE ROMAN ARMY IN RAETIA Dissertation, University of Pécs Faculty of Humanities 2015, p. 167, 430 ( PDF 19.1 MB, p. 170, 433 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2016 on the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).
