Gaius Aelius Brocchus

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Gaius Aelius Brocchus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

A dedicatory inscription that was found at the Arrabona castle and which is dated to 103/115 shows that Brocchus was prefect of an Ala . According to John Spaul , he was prefect of the Ala I Ulpia Contariorum , which was stationed in the province of Pannonia superior .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 3, 4360 ).
  2. ↑ John EH Spaul : Ala. The Auxiliary Cavalry Units of the Pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, Andover 1994, ISBN 0-9525062-0-3 , pp. 97, 100 note 3.
personal data
SURNAME Aelius Brocchus, Gaius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century