The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial ArmyCheesman, George Leonard
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The Auxilia of the Roman Imperial Army
Cheesman, George Leonard
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[474] Most of the regiments mentioned in this diploma can be traced in
other provinces during the second century, the others probably remained
in Moesia.
[475] There is some evidence for placing this cohort in Dacia.
[476] ‘Aurelio Marco dec(urioni) [coh(ortis)] V Hisp(anorum) provinciae
Moesiae sup(erioris), desiderato in acie, Aur(elio) Suruelio
dup(licario) fratri bene merenti.’ The names suggest the date.
[477] Several regiments (i.e. Cohorts I Claudia Sugambrorum, I
Chalcidenorum, IV Gallorum, VII Gallorum) appear in Syria in 157 after
appearing in the second-century Moesian diplomata. Probably they were
transferred during the Jewish rebellion at the end of Hadrian’s reign.
All are reckoned under Syria except IV Gallorum, which seems to have
returned.
[478] For an early inscription of this regiment see Mommsen in
_Hermes_, xxii. 547.
[479] Any regiment which has left several inscriptions in the province,
and does not appear to be a late formation, is included.
[480] This ‘diploma’ contains several regiments which were only
temporarily in the province.
[481] Was possibly incorporated later in the succeeding.
[482] The name is probably to be restored from ONT of the ‘diploma’.
[483] The British regiments are very confusing, but it appears possible
to distinguish the following. The titles ‘Britannica’ and ‘Brittonum’
seem to be used indifferently.
[484] Restored from the ‘Cohors I Augusta Nervia’ … of the diploma on
the analogy of the Cohors II Augusta Nervia Pacensis M. Brittonum on
the diploma of 114 for Pannonia Inferior.
[485] As these cohorts are only mentioned on tiles it is possible that
they returned to Moesia soon after the war.
[486] So Cichorius, comparing AESA∞ of the diploma with tiles from
Sebesvaralja marked CꟼGST and ⅁ƎAIHↃ (iii. 8074¹⁶, 8074²⁶.)
[487] The distribution of these and other inscriptions suggests that
there were at least two numeri in the province.
[488] In identifying the various regiments mentioned by Arrian I have
made use of the excellent article by Ritterling in _Wiener Studien_,
xxiv. Cf. also ‘Arrian as Legate of Cappadocia’ in Pelham’s _Essays on
Roman History_.
[489] The second inscription mentions a Spanish cohort in Cappadocia,
which is probably identical with the Cohors II Hispanorum E. commanded
by the _praefectus_ mentioned in the third, whose career seems to have
lain entirely in the Eastern provinces. He would have commanded it
about 120.
[490] Mentions the regiment as stationed in Syria, whither it had been
transferred before 157. Cf. D. cx.
[491] D. xxxviii.
[492] Arrian certainly mentions a Numidian cohort; it is, however,
merely a conjecture to identify it with the regiment stationed later in
Lycia-Pamphylia.
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