Cohors VI Ingenuorum

The Cohors VI Ingenuorum [civium Romanorum] ( German 6th cohort of the natives [of the Roman citizens ] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by a military diploma , inscriptions and brick stamps. The cohort is identical to the Cohors VI Voluntariorum listed in the inscription ( AE 1964, 227 ) and the Cohors VI Civium Romanorum listed in the inscription ( AE 1911, 107 ) .

Name components

Ingenuorum : the native / freeborn.

civium Romanorum : the Roman citizen. The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from Roman citizens when the unit was established. The unit was probably excavated under Augustus together with other cohorts; the formation of the units probably took place during the Pannonian uprising and after the defeat of the Varus . A total of up to 44 (or 48) cohorts of Roman citizens may have been formed, of which only 18 are recorded.

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

history

The unity is proven in the province of Germania inferior by inscriptions as well as by a brick with the stamp COH VI ING ( AE 1981, 689 ). In a military diploma dated September 5, 152, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in the province.

Locations

The locations of the cohort are not known.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

L (ucius) Purtisius Atinas, a tribune ( AE 1964, 227 )
Tib. Cl. Sere [nus], a tribune

Ti (berius) Cl (audius) Subatianus Proculus, a tribune ( AE 1911, 107 ); he was also prefect of the Cohors III Alpinorum and the Ala Gallorum et Thracum Constantium .

Others

D (ecimus) Senius Vital [], a soldier ( CIL 13, 8314 )

Individual evidence

^ ^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 , pp. 19-20 , 34
^ Paul A. Holder: Exercitus Pius Fidelis: The Army of Germania Inferior in AD 89 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . Volume 128 (1999), pp. 237-250, here p. 245 ( PDF ).
^ Military diploma of the year 152 ( AE 2004, 1911 ).
↑ HD056056. Epigraphic database Heidelberg , accessed on May 24, 2017 .

[jsp-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 , pp. 19-20 , 34

[pah-2] Paul A. Holder: Exercitus Pius Fidelis: The Army of Germania Inferior in AD 89 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik . Volume 128 (1999), pp. 237-250, here p. 245 ( PDF ).

[MD-3] Military diploma of the year 152 ( AE 2004, 1911 ).

[edh-4] HD056056. Epigraphic database Heidelberg , accessed on May 24, 2017 .