Pomponius Desideratus

Pomponius Desideratus (his praenomen is not known) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 3rd century AD .

A dedicatory inscription on an altar, which was found at the Banna fort and which is dated 270/273, shows that Desideratus was the tribune of the Cohors I Aelia Dacorum , who was stationed in the province of Britannia at that time . Desideratus consecrated the altar to the deity Cocidius ; at a later date the altar was dedicated to Jupiter .

Web links

4426 - Pomponius Desideratus. Roman Inscriptions of Britain (RIB), accessed December 6, 2019 .

Individual evidence

↑ inscription ( RIB 1885 ).
↑ John Spaul , Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1-84171-046-4 , page 345 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pomponius Desideratus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman officer (imperial era)
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century or 4th century

[IN1-1] scription ( RIB 1885 ).

[jsp-2] John Spaul , Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army , British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), ISBN 978-1-84171-046-4 , page 345 .