Cohors V Asturum

The grave stone of Pintaius , a Signifer ( CIL 13, 8098 )

The Cohors V Asturum ( German 5th cohort of the Asturians ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions.

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 stationed in Germania and was possibly destroyed as a result of the Batavian uprising around AD 69/70 or subsequently dissolved together with the Legio I Germanica , as there is no longer any evidence of the existence of the cohort after the Four-Emperor Year . Proof of this should also be the transfer of C. Aurelius Vegetus from the Cohors V Asturum to the Legio I Italica .

Locations

Cohort locations may have been:

Bonn : The grave stone of Pintaius was found in Bonn.
Great St. Bernhard : The bronze plaque of C. Iulius Antullus was found at the St. Bernhard Pass.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known.

Commanders

C (aius) Iulius Antullus, a prefect ( CIL 5, 6874 )

Others

C (aius) Aurelius Vegetus, a soldier ( AE 1999, 1333 )
Pintaius, a Signifer ( CIL 13, 8098 )

Web links

Commons : Cohors V Asturum - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 389-392 (386-389) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).
↑ ^a ^b Jerzy Kolendo: Inscription d'un soldat originaire de Clunia découverte à Novae (Mésie Inférieure). (PDF) revistas.ucm.es, 2001, p. 6 (530) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (French).
^ ^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 2. (PDF 9.8 MB) discovery.ucl.ac.uk, 1973, p. 146 (725) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).

[mmr1-1] 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. 389-392 (386-389) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).

[jk-2] Jerzy Kolendo: Inscription d'un soldat originaire de Clunia découverte à Novae (Mésie Inférieure). (PDF) revistas.ucm.es, 2001, p. 6 (530) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (French).

[jsp-3] 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

[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. 146 (725) , accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).