Roman forces in Arabia

The Roman armed forces in Arabia ( Latin exercitus Arabicus ) consisted of the legions and auxiliary troops stationed in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea after the annexation of the Nabatean Empire by Trajan around 106 AD .

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 province of Arabia was part of the Dioecesis Orientis .

Legions

• Legio III Cyrenaica : she was stationed in Bostra from 106 .
• Legio IIII Martia : she was stationed in Betthorus .

Auxiliary troops

On military diplomas from the years 123/126 to 145, 2 Alae and 6 cohorts are listed for the province:

Ala I Ulpia Dromadariorum Ala Veterana Gaetulorum

Cohors I Aelia Classica Cohors I Augusta Thracum

Cohors II Aurelia Classica Cohors I Hispanorum Cyrenaica

Cohors VI Hispanorum Cohors I Thracum

Notitia dignitatum

In the Notitia dignitatum , the following units are listed under the command of the Dux Arabiae :

Ala secunda Constantiana Ala secunda felix Valentiniana Ala sexta Hispanorum Ala secunda miliarensis Ala nona miliaria

Ala prima Valentiana Cohors tertia alpinorum Cohors tertia felix Arabum Cohors prima miliaria Thracum Cohors fine Thracum

Cohors octava voluntaria Equites Dalmatae Illyriciani Equites Mauri Illyriciani Equites promoti Illyriciani Equites promoti indigenae

Equites sagittari indigenae Equites scutarii Illyriciani Legio tertia Cyrenaica Legio quarta Martia

See also

• List of Roman legions
• List of Roman auxiliary units

literature

• Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel : The first military diploma for Arabia In: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy . Volume 150 (2004), pp. 253-264.
• Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl: A diploma for the auxiliary troops of the province of Arabia, issued under Hadrian, probably in the year 126 In: Journal for papyrology and epigraphy. Volume 197 (2016), pp. 227-230.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel , Das Erste Militärdiplom, p. 255.
2. ↑ Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl, Ein Diplom, p. 230.
3. ↑ Military diplomas of the years 123/126 ( ZPE-197-227 ), 142 ( ZPE-150-254 ) and 145 (unpublished).
4. ^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXXVII ( online ).