Roman forces in Noricum

The Limes in Noricum and Upper Pannonia

The Roman armed forces in Noricum ( Latin exercitus Noricus ) consisted of the legions and auxiliary troops stationed in the Roman province of Noricum .

Legions

The following legions (or parts of them) were stationed in the province of Noricum at different times :

Legio II Italica : After the Marcomann Wars , the Legion was initially stationed in the Albing legion camp and then in Lauriacum .

Legio I Noricorum : the legion was set up under Diocletian (284–305) and was stationed in Favianis fort .

Auxiliary troops

Tacitus states in his Historiae (Book III, Chapter 5) that the exercitus Noricus in AD 69 consisted of an Ala and 8 cohorts .

79 AD

On military diplomas from the year 79 a Ala and two cohorts are listed:

Ala I Thracum Victrix

Cohors I Asturum

Cohors I Montanorum

A.D. 95 to 157

On military diplomas from the years 95 to 157, 3 alae and 7 cohorts are listed:

Cohors I Tungrorum

Notitia dignitatum (c. 400 AD)

In the Notitia dignitatum , under the command of the Dux Pannoniae Primae et Norici Ripensis u. a. the following units are listed:

Legio II Italica

Legio I Noricorum

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, p. 88 ( PDF p. 90 ).

↑ Military diplomas from the years 79 ( RMM 3 , ZPE-146-239 ).

↑ Military diplomas of the years 95 ( AE 2009, 993 ), 106 ( CIL 16, 52 ), 133 ( CIL 16, 174 ), 135/138 ( RMD 2, 93 ), 138 ( AE 2009, 993 ), 151 ( RMM 32 ), 152 ( AE 2012, 1079 ) and 157 ( AMNap-2015-82 ). Further undated military diplomas: ( AE 2012, 1080 ).

^ Notitia dignitatum in partibus Occidentis XXXIV ( online ).

[js-1] Jörg Scheuerbrandt : Exercitus. Tasks, organization and command structure of Roman armies during the imperial era. Dissertation, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003/2004, p. 88 ( PDF p. 90 ).