The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial ArmyCheesman, George Leonard
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The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial Army
Cheesman, George Leonard
Rome -- Army; Rome -- Colonies
II Flavia Hispanorum C. R. 184 (cf. _A. E._ 1910. 5;
ii. 2600).
I Lemavorum 161-7 or later (ii. 2103).[503]
_Cohorts._
I Celtiberorum Baetica E. 163 (ii. 2552; cf. _A. E._
1910. 3).
III Celtiberorum 167 (_A. E._ 1910. 4).
I Gallica E. _A. E._ 1910. 4. _Not. Dign.
Occ._ xlii. 32.
II Gallica _Not. Dign. Occ._ xlii. 28. It
is stationed at ‘Cohors
Gallica.’
III Lucensium Inscriptions ii. 2584, 4132.
Cf. _Not. Dign. Occ._
xlii. 29.
1,000 cavalry, 250 mounted infantry, 2,250 infantry. Total 3,500.
Legion in the province: VII Gemina.
To this list we may add the following regiments, which can be shown to
have existed in the second century, although they cannot be assigned to
any particular province:
_Alae._
III Asturum xi. 3007 (the name Ulpius occurs).
I Flavia Gallorum Tauriana viii. 2394, 2395 (Trajan at
earliest).
_Cohorts._
Aelia Expedita viii. 9358.
II Bracarum vi. 1838 (Trajan).
III Breucorum ix. 4753 (Trajan); x. 3847
(probably middle of second
century).
VI Brittonum ii. 2424 (Trajan).
III Augusta Cyrenaica _Römische Mitteilungen_, iii.
77 (Marcus).
VI Gallorum vi. 1449. The career of the
Praefectus Praetorio Macrinius
Vindex, who was killed in 172.
He probably commanded this
cohort about 150.
VI Hispanorum xi. 4376 (Trajan).
III Lingonum E. xi. 5959 (Trajan or later).
Pannoniorum et Dalmatarum x. 5829 (Trajan).
II Ulpia Petraeorum M. E. xi. 5669 (Trajan or Hadrian).
V Raetorum viii. 8934 (Trajan to Hadrian).
1,000 cavalry, 375 mounted infantry, 5,125 infantry. Total 6,500.
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