Marcus Acilius Alexander

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Marcus Acilius Alexander was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

A military diploma dated April 2, 134, shows that Alexander 134 was in command of a Cohors I Claudia Sugambrorum , which was stationed in the province of Moesia inferior at that time . Alexander was from Palmyra .

Remarks

  1. ↑ There were two units with this designation (see Cohors I Claudia Sugambrorum ). Which unit Alexander commanded is disputed.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military diploma of the year 134 ( CIL 16, 78 ).
  2. ↑ Florian Matei-Popescu: The Roman Army in Moesia Inferior , Conphys Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010, ISBN 978-973-750-177-6 , pp. 229, 231 ( online ).
  3. ↑ 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 245
  4. ^ Ovidiu Țentea, Florian Matei-Popescu: Alae et Cohortes Daciae et Moesiae. A review and update of J. Spaul's Ala and Cohors In: Acta Musei Napocensis , 39-40 / I, 2002-2003 (2004), Cluj-Napoca, pp. 259-296, here p. 293 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Peter Weiß : A diploma from Antoninus Pius for Moesia Inferior from Dec. 145 / Dec. 146 In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 124 (199), pp. 279–286, here pp. 282–283 note 12 ( PDF ).
personal data
SURNAME Acilius Alexander, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century or 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century