Cohors VI Thracum

The Cohors VI Thracum [veterana] [equitata] ( German  6th cohort of the Thracians [the veteran] [partly mounted] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas , inscriptions and brick stamps.

Name components

• Thracum : 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 .

• veterana : the veteran. The addition appears in an inscription.

• 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 provinces of Britannia , Germania , Pannonia , Moesia superior , Dacia, and Dacia Porolissensis (in that order). It is listed on military diplomas for the years 80 to 165 AD.

The unit was stationed in Britain in the 1st century AD. Presumably she was withdrawn from Britain before 69 and moved to the province of Germania . The first evidence of unity in Germania is based on diplomas dated 80. In the diplomas, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Germania ) that were stationed in the province.

Between 80 and 84 the cohort was moved to the province of Pannonia . The first evidence of unity in Pannonia is based on a diploma dated 84. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Pannonia ) that were stationed in the province. Another diploma, dated 85, proves unity in the same province.

Between 85 and 96, the cohort was moved to the Moesia superior province. The first evidence of unity in Moesia superior is based on a diploma dated 96. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Moesia ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, dated 100 to 103/106, prove unity in the same province.

Presumably the cohort took part in the Dacian wars of Trajan and was then stationed in the new province of Dacia . The first evidence of unity in Dacia is based on a diploma dated 110. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman Armed Forces in Dacia ) that were stationed in the province. Further diplomas, which are dated from 114 to 165, prove the unit in the same province (or from 130/131 in Dacia Porolissensis ).

The last evidence of the cohort is based on bricks with the stamp CO VI T dated to 201/270.

Locations

Locations of the cohort in Dacia may have been:

• Porolissum (Moigrad): Bricks with the stamp CO VI T were found here.
• Largiana ( Românași )
• Certiae (Romita): Bricks marked COH VI TH and COHOR VI TRACU were found here.

Bricks marked COH VI TR were also found in Magyaregregy ( Pannonia province ).

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

Claudius Alpinus: he is named on the diploma of 96 as a commander. M (arcus) Vettius Pius, a prefect ( CIL 10, 1777 )

Titus Statilius Taurus, a prefect ( CIL 13, 6817 ). He was also prefect of the Cohors I Augusta Ituraeorum .

Others

C (aius) Iulius Maximus, a centurion ( AE 2003, 1447 ) Dolens, a foot soldier: the diploma of 96 was issued to him. Longinus, a Decurio ( CIL 13, 7052 )

Rufus Sita, a horseman ( RIB 121 ) Ve [] July, a Decurio ( AE 1994, 1510 ) Petronius Disacentus, a horseman ( CIL 13, 7052 )

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary units
• Roman forces in Dacia
• Roman armed forces in Germania
• Roman forces in Moesia
• Roman forces in Pannonia

Web links

Commons : Cohors VI Thracum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 2533 - Cohors VI Thracum. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed March 18, 2019 . 

literature

• Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004 ( PDF ).
• 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
• Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis 39-40 / I Cluj-Napoca, 2002-2003 (2004), pp. 259-296 ( online ).

Remarks

1. ↑ In the province of Britannia , besides the tombstone of Rufus Sita , lead seals with the stamp C VI TR were found at Verterae (Brough under Stainmore). Some historians date these lead seals to the 3rd century; they therefore assume that the cohort was relocated to Britain again in the 3rd century.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ inscription with veterana ( AE 2003, 1447 )
2. ^ ^{A b c} John Spaul , Cohors², pp. 353-354, 380-381.
3. ↑ Jörg Scheuerbrandt , Exercitus, pp. 158, 161, 164, 169–170 Tables 2, 5, 8, 11–12 (PDF pp. 160, 163, 166, 171–172).
4. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 80 ( CIL 16, 158 , RMM 4 ), 84 ( CIL 16, 30 ), 85 ( CIL 16, 31 ), 96 ( RMD 1, 6 ), 100 ( Chiron-2008-326 , Chiron-2008 -338 , Chiron-2008-343 , CIL 16, 46 ), 101 ( Chiron-2008-329 , ZPE-192-220 ), 103/105 ( ZPE-194-223 ), 103/106 ( RMM 13 ), 110 ( CIL 16, 163 ), 114 ( RMD 4, 226 ), 130/131 ( RMD 5, 378 ), 151 ( RMD 5, 404 ), 159 ( CIL 16, 110 , IDR-01, 17b ), 161/162 ( RMD 3, 177 ), 163/164 ( RMD 2, 116 ), 164 ( AE 2007, 1764 , AMN-2006 / 07-203 , RMD 1, 64 ) and 165 ( CIL 16, 185 ).
5. ↑ Lead seal from Verterae ( RIB-02-01, 02411,152 to 158, RIB-02-01, 02411,160 , RIB-02-08, 02504,10 ).
6. ↑ ^{a b} Brick stamp from Porolissum ( IDR-App-01-75, 1 to 4).
7. ↑ Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu, Alae et Cohortes, p. 294.
8. ↑ Brick stamps from Romita ( IDR-App-01-70, 1 to 11, IDR-App-01-71, 1 to 7, IDR-App-01-72 , IDR-App-01-73, 1 to 15).
9. ↑ brick temple Magyaregregy ( CIL 3, 08074,24 ).