Cohors VII Thracum

The Cohors VII Thracum [equitata] ( German 7th cohort of the Thracians [partly mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is attested by military diplomas and lead seals.

Name components

Cohors : The cohort was an infantry unit of the auxiliary troops in the Roman army .

VII : The Roman numeral represents the ordinal number of the seventh ( Latin septima ). Hence the name of this military unit is pronounced as Cohors septima ...

Thracum : the Thracian . 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 .

equitata : partially mounted. The unit was a mixed association of infantry and cavalry.

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

history

The cohort was stationed in the province of Britannia . It is listed on military diplomas for the years AD 122 to 178.

The first evidence in Britain is based on a diploma dated 122. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Forces in Britannia ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 127 to 178, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

Cohort locations in Britain may have been:

Verterae ( Brough under Stainmore ): numerous lead seals with the stamps of the unit were found here. The lead seals can probably be dated to the 3rd century.

Commanders

The following members of the cohort are known.

Thiodus, a horseman: a diploma of 178 ( RMD 3, 184 ) was issued to him.
Ulpius Marcianus : he is named on a diploma of 178 as a commander.

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

Individual evidence

↑ Military diplomas of the years 122 ( AE 2008, 800 , CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 240 , ZPE-162-225 ),? ( ZPE-156-246 ), 135 ( CIL 16, 82 ), 158 ( RMD 5, 420 ) and 178 ( RMD 3, 184 , RMD 4, 293 , RMD 4, 294 , ZPE-162-229 ).
^ ^A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 353-354, 382.
^ Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 157 Table 1 ( PDF ).
^ ^A ^b Paul A. Holder : A Roman Military Diploma from Ravenglass, Cumbria. In: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Volume 79, number 1 (1997), pp. 3–42, here p. 18 ( PDF ).
↑ Lead seal from Verterae : stamp front C VII T , back u. A. MARC D , OVS , PETR , TVD , ZABD ( RIB 2411,159 , RIB 2411,161 to RIB 2411,240 , RIB 2411,242 ).

[MD-1] Military diplomas of the years 122 ( AE 2008, 800 , CIL 16, 69 ), 127 ( RMD 4, 240 , ZPE-162-225 ),? ( ZPE-156-246 ), 135 ( CIL 16, 82 ), 158 ( RMD 5, 420 ) and 178 ( RMD 3, 184 , RMD 4, 293 , RMD 4, 294 , ZPE-162-229 ).

[jsp-2] A ^b John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 353-354, 382.

[js-3] Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 157 Table 1 ( PDF ).

[pah-4] A ^b Paul A. Holder : A Roman Military Diploma from Ravenglass, Cumbria. In: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. Volume 79, number 1 (1997), pp. 3–42, here p. 18 ( PDF ).

[BL-ST1-5] Lead seal from Verterae : stamp front C VII T , back u. A. MARC D , OVS , PETR , TVD , ZABD ( RIB 2411,159 , RIB 2411,161 to RIB 2411,240 , RIB 2411,242 ).