Numerus Exploratorum Seiopensium

The Numerus Exploratorum Seiopensium ( German numerus of the scouts in Seiopa ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions. In the inscription ( CIL 11, 3104 ) the unit is referred to as Exploratio Seiopensium .

Name components

Exploratorum : the scout or scout.

Seiopensium : in Seiopa . The addition refers to an (unknown) location of the unit called Seiopa (or Seiopum ).

history

The numerus was stationed in the province of Germania superior in the first half of the 3rd century AD . It is first proven by the inscription ( CIL 13, 6605 ) that was found near Miltenberg and that is dated to 212 AD.

Locations

Locations of the Numerus in Germania superior were possibly:

Fort Miltenberg-Ost : The inscriptions ( CIL 13, 6600 , CIL 13, 6605 ) were found near Miltenberg.

Members of the number

The following members of the number are known:

[], a preposition ( CIL 11, 3104 ). The stranger was also the Praepositus of the Numerus Brittonum Aurelianensium .
Sextilius P (...), a centurion of the Legio XXII Primigenia ( CIL 13, 07325 ).

[Fel] ix, a centurion of an (unknown) legion and Praepositus ( CIL 13, 6605 )
T (itus) Val (erius) Carat [i] nu [s], a Centurion ( CIL 13, 6600 )

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. 540–542.

[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. 540–542.