Marcus Caecilius Donatianus

Marcus Caecilius Donatianus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD .

Donatianus had an inscription built, which was found at Fort Magnis and which is dated to 197/217. According to the inscription, he was a tribune serving in the post of prefect . The name of the unit he commanded is not given in the inscription. It is controversial whether he was in command of the Cohors I Hamiorum , which was stationed in the province of Britannia at the time.

Web links

3900 - Marcus Caecilius Donatianus. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed October 30, 2019 .

Remarks

↑ John Spaul assigns Donatianus to both the Cohors I Hamiorum and the Cohors II Delmatarum . Anthony R. Birley assigns it to the Cohors I Hamiorum . David Benjamin Cuff sees convincing reasons for assigning him to the Cohors I Hamiorum . The RIB, however, sees no reason to assign Donatianus to the Cohors I Hamiorum .

Individual evidence

↑ Inscription ( RIB 1791 ).
↑ 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 304 Note 1 and p. 408.
^ Anthony R. Birley : The cohors I Hamiorum in Britain In: Acta Classica LV (2012), pp. 1–16, here p. 10 ( online ).
^ David Benjamin Cuff: The auxilia in Roman Britain and the Two Germanies from Augustus to Caracalla: Family, Religion and "Romanization". Dissertation, University of Toronto 2010, pp. 193–195 ( PDF ).

personal data
SURNAME	Caecilius Donatianus, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century

[AN1-5] John Spaul assigns Donatianus to both the Cohors I Hamiorum and the Cohors II Delmatarum . Anthony R. Birley assigns it to the Cohors I Hamiorum . David Benjamin Cuff sees convincing reasons for assigning him to the Cohors I Hamiorum . The RIB, however, sees no reason to assign Donatianus to the Cohors I Hamiorum .

[IN1-1] Inscription ( RIB 1791 ).

[jsp-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 304 Note 1 and p. 408.

[arb-3] Anthony R. Birley : The cohors I Hamiorum in Britain In: Acta Classica LV (2012), pp. 1–16, here p. 10 ( online ).

[dbc-4] David Benjamin Cuff: The auxilia in Roman Britain and the Two Germanies from Augustus to Caracalla: Family, Religion and "Romanization". Dissertation, University of Toronto 2010, pp. 193–195 ( PDF ).