Cohors VIII Breucorum

, Grave of soldiers Dasmenus, who had served in the Cohors VIII Breucorum today Rheinische Landesmuseum Bonn kept

The Cohors VIII Breucorum ( German 8th cohort of the Breuker ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions.

Name components

Breucorum : [the] Breuker . The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Illyrian people of the Breuker in the area of the Roman province of Pannonia when the unit was established .

Since there is no evidence of the additions to the name milliaria (1000 men) and equitata (partially mounted), it can be assumed that it is a pure infantry cohort ( Cohors peditata ). The nominal strength of the unit was 480 men, consisting of 6 Centuries with 80 men each.

history

The cohort is not listed on any of the military diplomas for Germania inferior . The honorary designation pia fidelis Domitiana , with which Domitian (81-96) distinguished the Roman forces in Germania inferior that remained loyal to him after the suppression of the uprising of Lucius Antonius Saturninus , was also not awarded to her. John Spaul therefore suspects that the unit was dissolved before the middle of the first century.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Germania inferior are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

The menu ( CIL 13, 7801 )
Marcinus ( CIL 13, 8693 )

Sassaius ( CIL 13, 8313 )
Scenobarbus ( CIL 13, 12062 )

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c 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. 327

[jsp-1] A ^b ^c 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. 327