Numerus Nidensium

The inscription ( CIL 13, 7441 )

The Numerus Nidensium ( German Numerus Nidensium ) was a Roman auxiliary unit . It is documented by inscriptions.

The unit included riders ( veredarii ), so that the number was at least a partially mounted unit. The riders were presumably used for patrols along the border.

Name components

N (idensium) or N (?) : The (supplemented) addition Nidensium used to refer to the city of Nida ; presumably N (?) refers to the ancient name of the fort Kapersburg or a geographical name near the fort.

history

The numerus was stationed in the province of Germania superior in the first half of the 3rd century AD . It is documented for the first time by the inscription ( CIL 13, 7441 ), which is dated to 209. The unit presumably emerged from a vexillation that was formed from soldiers assigned to other auxiliary units.

Locations

Locations of the Numerus in Germania superior were:

Kapersburg Castle : Three inscriptions were found here.

Members of the number

A commander of the numerus, Aiacius Modestus , a curam agens , is known by the inscription ( CIL 13, 7441 ).

Web links

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

Remarks

↑ According to Marcus Reuter, the abbreviation NN in the inscription ( CIL 13, 7441 ) was first added to N (umerus) N (idensium) by Louis Jacobi based on the city of Nida ; the addition was largely adopted in the literature. Marcus Reuter thinks this addition is unlikely for various reasons.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Marcus Reuter : Studies on the numbers of the Roman Army in the Middle Imperial Age, dissertation, In: Reports of the Roman-Germanic Commission 80, 1999, pp. 359–569, here pp. 516–519.

[NA-2] According to Marcus Reuter, the abbreviation NN in the inscription ( CIL 13, 7441 ) was first added to N (umerus) N (idensium) by Louis Jacobi based on the city of Nida ; the addition was largely adopted in the literature. Marcus Reuter thinks this addition is unlikely for various reasons.

[mr-1] Marcus Reuter : Studies on the numbers of the Roman Army in the Middle Imperial Age, dissertation, In: Reports of the Roman-Germanic Commission 80, 1999, pp. 359–569, here pp. 516–519.