Cohors V Gemella

The military diploma of the year 139 ( CIL 16, 87 )

The Cohors V Gemella [civium Romanorum] ( German 5th cohort Gemella [of the Roman citizens ] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by military diplomas and inscriptions.

Name components

Gemella : (Latin gemellus twin or double). It is possible that the cohort was created by merging two units.

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 cohort has probably been stationed in Iudaea since the reign of Trajan . The first evidence of unity in the Syria Palestine province is based on a military diploma dated to AD 139. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops (see Roman forces in Syria ) that were stationed in the province. Other diplomas, dated 142 to 186, prove unity in the same province.

Locations

Cohort locations may have been:

Samaria : The inscriptions ( AE 1948, 150 , AE 1948, 151 ) were found in Samaria.

Members of the cohort

The following members of the cohort are known:

Commanders

Aemilius Iuncus , a tribune

Others

Arr [], a Tesserarius ( AE 1948, 150 )
Treblan [] Rufus, a soldier ( AE 1948, 151 )

Web links

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

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 , 33
↑ Konstantin M. Klein: Werner Eck: Judäa - Syria Palestine. A province's grappling with Roman politics and culture. (PDF) www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de, 2016, p. 4.20 (54.70) , accessed on May 20, 2017 .
^ 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. 173 table 15 ( PDF, p. 175 ).
↑ Military diplomas of the years 139 ( CIL 16, 87 ), 142 ( RMM 29 ), 147 ( SCI-2016-92 ), 151/154 ( SCI-2016-85 ), 158 ( ZPE-159-283 ), 160 ( AE 2005, 1730 , AE 2011, 1810 , RMD 3, 173 , RMM 41 ) and 186 ( RMD 1, 69 ).

↑ Werner Eck : To military inscriptions in Roman Iudaea. Epigraphic preparatory work for CIIP In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 197 (2016), pp. 231–240, here pp. 235–236 ( online ).

[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 , 33

[kmk-2] Konstantin M. Klein: Werner Eck: Judäa - Syria Palestine. A province's grappling with Roman politics and culture. (PDF) www.plekos.uni-muenchen.de, 2016, p. 4.20 (54.70) , accessed on May 20, 2017 .

[js-3] 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. 173 table 15 ( PDF, p. 175 ).

[MD-4] Military diplomas of the years 139 ( CIL 16, 87 ), 142 ( RMM 29 ), 147 ( SCI-2016-92 ), 151/154 ( SCI-2016-85 ), 158 ( ZPE-159-283 ), 160 ( AE 2005, 1730 , AE 2011, 1810 , RMD 3, 173 , RMM 41 ) and 186 ( RMD 1, 69 ).

[we1-5] Werner Eck : To military inscriptions in Roman Iudaea. Epigraphic preparatory work for CIIP In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 197 (2016), pp. 231–240, here pp. 235–236 ( online ).