Gaius Cassius Primus

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Gaius Cassius Primus (full name form Gaius Cassius Gai filius Pupinia Primus ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

An inscription found at Baeterrae and dated 100/200 shows that Primus was prefect of a Cohors I Raetorum . The inscription also shows that he was still in command of a Cohors milliaria . Primus was inscribed in the tribe of Pupinia .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Dating by Farkas István Gergő.
  2. ↑ There were several units with this designation (see Cohors I Raetorum ). The inscription does not reveal which unit Primus commanded.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription ( CIL 12, 4232 ).
  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 276 .
  3. ↑ Farkas István Gergő: The Roman Army in Raetia , dissertation, University of Pécs Faculty of Humanities 2015, pp. 159, 462 ( PDF ).
personal data
SURNAME Cassius Primus, Gaius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century or 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century or 3rd century