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:
Notitia dignitatum
In the Notitia dignitatum , the following units are listed under the command of the Dux Arabiae :
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See also
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
- ↑ Peter Weiß , Michael P. Speidel , Das Erste Militärdiplom, p. 255.
- ↑ Werner Eck , Andreas Pangerl, Ein Diplom, p. 230.
- ↑ Military diplomas of the years 123/126 ( ZPE-197-227 ), 142 ( ZPE-150-254 ) and 145 (unpublished).
- ^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Orientis XXXVII ( online ).