Numerus Exploratorum Germanicianorum

The Numerus Exploratorum Germanicianorum ( German  Numerus of the scouts from the province of Germania ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions.

Name components

• Exploratorum : the scout or scout.

• Germanicianorum : from the province of Germania. When the unit was set up, the soldiers of the numerus were seconded from troops stationed in the province of Germania.

• Germaniae inferioris : from Germania inferior . The addition appears in the inscription ( CIL 3, 14207,10 ).

history

The number is documented by inscriptions in the 3rd century AD in the province of Germania inferior . It is possible that the unit (or a vexillation of the same) took part in campaigns outside of its stationing province. This is indicated at least by tombstones found in the provinces of Mauretania Caesariensis ( AE 1901, 59 ) and Thracia ( CIL 3, 14207,10 ).

Locations

Locations of the numerus are not known.

Members of the number

The following members of the number are known:

[] sulius N [], a soldier ( CIL 13, 8329 ) Cens (orinius) Maternus ( CIL 13, 8053 ) Cl (audius) Ursulus ( CIL 13, 8053 )

Ro [], a veteran ( CIL 13, 8683 ) Ulpius Quietus, a soldier ( AE 1901, 59 ) Vacimius Probinus, a soldier ( CIL 3, 14207,10 )

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary units

Remarks

1. ↑ The inscription is reproduced in Marcus Reuter with ... militi n (umeri) expl (oratorum) [G] ermanicianorum Ger (maniae) inf (erioris) vixit ... , in the epigraphic database Clauss-Slaby, however, with ... militi n (umeri) expl (oratorum) [G] ermanicianorum Cyrin (i) f (ilio) vixit ...

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} 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. 491–493.