Quintus Asinius Acilianus

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Quintus Asinius Acilianus was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 1st century AD .

An inscription that was found in Rome and which is dated to the 2nd half of the 1st century AD shows that Acilianus was prefect of a Cohors II Raetorum .

Remarks

  1. There were two units with this designation (see Cohors II Raetorum ). The inscription does not reveal which unit Acilianus commanded.

Individual evidence

  1. inscription ( MNR 01-08-02, p 334 ).
  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 279 .