Cohors VI Breucorum

The Cohors VI Breucorum ( German  6th cohort of the Breuker ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , an inscription and brick stamps.

Name components

• Breucorum : [the] Breuker . When the unit was set up, the soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Illyrian people of the Breuker in the area of ​​the Roman province of Pannonia .

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 first evidence of unity in the province of Germania inferior is based on a military diploma that is dated to AD 98. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in Germania inferior . Another military diploma, dated 127, proves unity in the same province. In the Germania inferior it is documented as a garrison of the Limes Fort Albaniana .

According to John Spaul , the cohort was not awarded the honorary title pia fidelis Domitiana , with which Domitian (81-96) honored the Roman armed forces in Germania inferior that remained loyal to him after the suppression of the uprising of Lucius Antonius Saturninus . There is currently too little evidence for Paul A. Holder to be able to say whether the unit was in the province at the time and whether it was awarded the honorary title.

Locations

Before the unit was relocated to Germania Inferior , it was probably stationed in Moesia Superior . The locations of the cohort in the two provinces are not known.

Location of the cohort was:

• Fort Albaniana : Brick stamps indicate that the unit was probably stationed between 70 and 120 in Albaniana (today Alphen aan den Rijn ).

Members of the cohort

A member of the cohort is known:

• Vitel (lius) Ampliatus, possibly a prefect ( AE 1980, 657 )

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary units
• Roman armed forces in Germania

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} 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. 324
2. ^ 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. 158 Table 2 ( PDF p. 160 ).
3. ↑ Military diplomas from 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ) and 127 ( RMD 4, 239 ).
4. ^ [Coh (ortis)] VI Breuc (orum) cui prae / [est Ti (berius)] Cl (audius) Ampliatus pr (aefectus?) AE 1975, 00632
5. ↑ [Coh (ors) VI Bre] uco / [rum 3] AE 2000, 01025a .
6. ↑ Paul A. Holder: Exercitus PIUS FIDELIS: THE ARMY OF GERMANY INFERIOR IN AD 89 In: Journal of Papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 128 (1999), pp. 237-250, here pp. 249-250 ( PDF ).
7. ^ [Coh (ortis)] VI Breuc (orum) cui prae / [est Ti (berius)] Cl (audius) Ampliatus pr (aefectus?) AE 1975, 00632
8. ↑ [Coh (ors) VI Bre] uco / [rum 3] AE 2000, 01025a