Numerus Brittonum Gurvedensium

The Numerus Brittonum Gurvedensium (or Curvedensium ) ( German Numerus of the British Gurvedensium ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is evidenced by an inscription.

The nominal strength of the unit was probably 160 men, consisting of two Centuries with 80 men each. They were probably all foot soldiers.

Name components

Brittonum : the British. The soldiers of the numerus were recruited in the province of Britannia when the unit was established .

Gurvedensium or Curvedensium : The addition probably refers to one of the (unknown) locations of the unit.

history

The British probably came to Germania superior around 100 AD , possibly even under Domitian (81–96). Presumably the numbers formed from them were used at the Neckar-Odenwald-Limes for monitoring tasks in order to relieve the auxiliary units already stationed here.

The number is only known from the dedicatory inscription ( CIL 13, 7343 ), which was found on a bronze votive hand in Frankfurt-Heddernheim and which is dated to the second half of the 2nd century.

Locations

Locations of the numerus in Germania superior are not known.

Members of the number

A member of the number, C (aius) Iul (ius) Marinus , a centurion , is known from the inscription ( CIL 13, 7343 ). He consecrated the votive hand to Iupiter Dolichenus .

Remarks

↑ Marcus Reuter assumes that Caius Iulius Marinus was the commander of a centurion , but not the commander of the entire number. If he had been the commander of the whole number, he would probably have called himself a Praepositus and he would have indicated his rank as centurion of a legion.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Marcus Reuter : Studies on the numbers of the Roman Army in the Middle Imperial Era, Dissertation, In: Reports of the Roman-Germanic Commission 80, 1999, pp. 359–569, here pp. 385–389, 450– 451.
↑ ^a ^b Tatiana Alexandrovna Ivleva: Britons abroad: the mobility of Britons and the circulation of British-made objects in the Roman Empire Dissertation, Leiden University 2012, pp. 170-171, 180-181, 547 ( online ).

[AN-3] Marcus Reuter assumes that Caius Iulius Marinus was the commander of a centurion , but not the commander of the entire number. If he had been the commander of the whole number, he would probably have called himself a Praepositus and he would have indicated his rank as centurion of a legion.

[mr-1] Marcus Reuter : Studies on the numbers of the Roman Army in the Middle Imperial Era, Dissertation, In: Reports of the Roman-Germanic Commission 80, 1999, pp. 359–569, here pp. 385–389, 450– 451.

[tai-2] Tatiana Alexandrovna Ivleva: Britons abroad: the mobility of Britons and the circulation of British-made objects in the Roman Empire Dissertation, Leiden University 2012, pp. 170-171, 180-181, 547 ( online ).