Numerus Osrhoenorum

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

The unit included riders, so that the number was at least a partially mounted unit.

Name components

Osrhoenorum : from Osrhoene . The soldiers of the numerus were recruited from the city of Osrhoene and the surrounding area when the unit was established.

history

The number is documented by three inscriptions for the 3rd century AD. The use of archers from Osrhoene by the Roman army is also mentioned in ancient written sources.

Locations

Locations of the numerus are not known.

Members of the number

The following members of the number are known:

Commanders

[?], a preposition ( CIL 11, 3104 )

Others

Barsemis Abbei, a soldier ( CIL 3, 10307 ). He was also a master of the Cohors I milliaria Hemesenorum and Decurio of the Ala company Catafractaria .
M (arcus) Aurelius Siona, a Sesquiplicarius ( CIL 8, 9829 )

Remarks

↑ According to Marcus Reuter, it is unclear whether it was always the same unit, since the inscriptions were found in different provinces and the name of the unit is different.

Individual evidence

^ ^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. 519–521.

[GE-2] According to Marcus Reuter, it is unclear whether it was always the same unit, since the inscriptions were found in different provinces and the name of the unit is different.

[mr-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. 519–521.