Cohors VI Raetorum

The Cohors VI Raetorum ( German 6th cohort of the Raetians ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , inscriptions and brick stamps.

Name components

Raetorum : the Rhaetians . The soldiers of the cohort were during installation of the unit from the people of Rhaetians in the area of the Roman province Raetia 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 cohort was stationed in the province of Germania inferior . It is listed on military diplomas for the years AD 98-152.

According to Tacitus, the auxiliary troops of the Raetians were recruited at two different times: after the conquest of Raetia around 15 BC. And around 70 AD as a result of the Helvetian uprising.

The first evidence of unity in Germania inferior is based on a military diploma dated 98. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 127 to 152, prove unity in the same province.

According to Paul A. Holder , the cohort was then transferred to the province of Britannia , where it is documented by the inscription 166/169 (RIB 1737).

Locations

Cohort locations in Britannia may have been:

Aesica (Great Chesters): The inscription (RIB 1737) was found here.

Locations of the cohort in Germania were possibly:

Vindonissa ( Windisch ): Bricks with the stamp C VI RAETO ( CIL 13, 12456 ) were found here.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

C (aius) Rufius Moderatus Iunianus Iuncinus, a prefect ( CIL 3, 5202 )

M (arcus) Tituleius Victor, a prefect ( CIL 13, 5382 )

Web links

4758 - Cohors VI Raetorum. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed July 30, 2017 .

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b In the (incompletely preserved) inscription (RIB 1737), which was found in Aesica , [] I RAETORV [] appears. The reading of the (reconstructed) inscription is controversial. John Spaul assigns the inscription to the Cohors V Raetorum , Paul A. Holder to the Cohors VI Raetorum . According to the RIB, the reading [Gaesatorv] m Raetorv [m] was also suggested.

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 978-1-84171-046-4 , p 274-275, 284
^ 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 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 127 ( AE 2010, 1865 , RMD 4, 239 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ) and 152 ( ZPE-148-262 ).
↑ Farkas István Gergő: The Roman Army in Raetia Dissertation, University of Pécs Faculty of Humanities 2015, p. 158 ( PDF p. 161 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ). @1@ 2

^ 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. 22 ( PDF p. 20 ).

[GE-6] In the (incompletely preserved) inscription (RIB 1737), which was found in Aesica , [] I RAETORV [] appears. The reading of the (reconstructed) inscription is controversial. John Spaul assigns the inscription to the Cohors V Raetorum , Paul A. Holder to the Cohors VI Raetorum . According to the RIB, the reading [Gaesatorv] m Raetorv [m] was also suggested.

[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 978-1-84171-046-4 , p 274-275, 284

[js-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 ).

[MD-3] Military diplomas of the years 98 ( RMD 4, 216 ), 127 ( AE 2010, 1865 , RMD 4, 239 ), 150 ( ZPE-206-207 ) and 152 ( ZPE-148-262 ).

[fig-4] Farkas István Gergő: The Roman Army in Raetia Dissertation, University of Pécs Faculty of Humanities 2015, p. 158 ( PDF p. 161 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ). @1@ 2

[pah-5] 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. 22 ( PDF p. 20 ).