Numerus Exploratorum Bremeniensium

Altar of the Tribune Cassius Sabinianus from Rochester

The Numerus Exploratorum Bremeniensium [Gordianus] ( German Numerus der Scout in Bremenium [the Gordian] ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions.

Name components

Exploratorum : the scout or scout.

Bremeniensium : in Bremenium . The addition refers to the Roman auxiliary troop fort Bremenium .

Gordianus : the Gordian. A title of honor that refers to Gordian III. (238-244) refers. The addition appears in the inscription (RIB 1262).

history

The number was stationed in the province of Britannia in the 3rd century AD . It is first documented by the inscription (RIB 1262), which was found in the Bremenium fort and which is dated to 238/244 AD.

Locations

Locations of the number in Britannia inferior were:

Bremenium ( Rochester ): The inscriptions (RIB 1262, 1270) were found here.

Members of the number

Two commanders of the numerus are known:

Caepio Charitinus, a tribune (RIB 1270)
Cassius Sabinianus, a tribune (RIB 1262)

Both tribunes were also commanders of the Cohors I Fida Vardullorum and the Numerus Exploratorum Bremeniensium .

Web links

Commons : Numerus Exploratorum Bremeniensium - collection of images, videos and audio files

3018 - Exploratores Bremeniensium. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed August 26, 2018 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 440–441.

[mr-1] A ^b 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. 440–441.