Cohors VI Asturum

The Cohors VI Asturum ( German 6th cohort of Asturians ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.

Name components

Asturum : the Asturian. The soldiers of the cohort were during installation of the unit from the people of Asturians in the field of contemporary Asturian 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

The unit was probably stationed in the province of Germania . She may be listed as the 11th cohort on a military diploma for this province, dated to 80 AD.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

L (ucius) Pomp (eius) Faventinus, a prefect ( CIL 2, 2637 )

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 78
↑ Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 1. (PDF 23.5 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, pp. 393-395 (390-392) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).
^ Military diploma of the year 80 ( CIL 16, 158 ).
↑ Margaret M. Roxan: The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 2. (PDF 9.8 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, p. 147 (726) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).

[jsp-1] A ^b 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. 78

[mmr1-2] Margaret M. Roxan : The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 1. (PDF 23.5 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, pp. 393-395 (390-392) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).

[MD-3] Military diploma of the year 80 ( CIL 16, 158 ).

[mmr2-4] Margaret M. Roxan: The Auxilia of the Roman Army raised in the Iberian Peninsula Volume 2. (PDF 9.8 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, p. 147 (726) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).