Roman forces in Aegyptus
The Roman armed forces in Aegyptus ( Latin exercitus Aegyptus ) existed from 30 BC. From the legions and auxiliary troops stationed in the Roman province of Aegyptus .
In the course of the administrative and army reform under Emperor Diocletian , the provinces of the Roman Empire were redistributed and combined into twelve dioceses (see list of Roman provinces from Diocletian ). According to the Notitia Dignitatum , the Dioecesis Aegypti consisted of the provinces Aegyptus , Arcadia , Augustamnica , Thebais , Libya inferior and Libya superior .
Legions
The following legions (or parts of them) were stationed in the province of Aegyptus at the following locations at different times :
- Nicopolis near Alexandria : the legions II Traiana fortis , III Cyrenaica and XXII Deiotariana
Auxiliary troops
On military diplomas .. From the years 83-206 AD 6 are Alae and 12 cohorts listed for the province, but not all were stationed at the same time in the province:
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Notitia dignitatum
In the Notitia dignitatum two military leaders are listed for the Dioecesis Aegypti , to whom the troops stationed in the diocese were subordinate.
Comes limitis Aegypti
The following units are listed under his command:
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Dux Thebaidos
The following units are listed under his command:
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Commander in Chief
The Praefectus Alexandreae et Aegypti was the governor of the province of Aegyptus and the commander in chief of the legions and auxiliary forces stationed in Egypt.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, pp. 98-99, 174 table 16 ( PDF pp. 100-101, 176 table 16 ).
- ↑ Military diplomas of the years 83 ( CIL 16, 29 ), 98/105 ( RMD 5, 341 ), 105 ( RMD 1, 9 ), 156/161 ( CIL 16, 184 ), 179 ( RMD 3, 185 ) and 206 ( AE 2012, 1960 ).
- ^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXVIII ( online ).
- ^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXXI ( online ).