Desidienus Aemilianus

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Desidienus Aemilianus (his praenomen is not known) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 3rd century AD .

An inscription found at the Vercovicium fort and dated 258 shows that Aemilianus was prefect . According to John Spaul , he was prefect of the Cohors I Tungrorum , which was stationed in the province of Britannia .

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Individual evidence

  1. inscription ( RIB 1589 ).
  2. 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 , page 225 .