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
Augusta Noricum.
Augusta[555] Moesia Inferior.
Augusta[556] Egypt.
Augusta C. R. Pannonia Inferior.
Augusta Germanica Pisidia.[557]
Augusta Moesica Germania Inferior.
Augusta Syriaca Syria.
Augusta ob virtutem appellata[558] Britain.
Claudia Nova Dalmatia—Germania Superior—Moesia
Inferior.
I Augusta Gemina Colonorum Cappadocia.
Constantium[559] _A. E._ 1911. 107.
I Ulpia Contariorum M. C. R. Pannonia Superior.
Flavia Africa.
I Flavia Fidelis M. Raetia.
I Flavia Gemelliana Raetia.
I Flavia Gemina Germania Superior.
I Flavia Singularium C. R. Raetia.
II Flavia M. Raetia.
Miliaria Mauretania Caesariensis.
Miliaria Dacia.
I Augusta Nerviana M. Mauretania Caesariensis.
I Praetoria C. R. Syria.
Scubulorum Germania Superior.
I Ulpia Singularium Syria.
Tautorum Victrix Tarraconensis.
II Ulpia Auriana[560] Cappadocia.
_Cohorts._
Aelia Expedita viii. 9358.
I Augusta Syria.
II Augusta supposed on account of the existence of
III Augusta[561] vi. 3508.
Baetica v. 5127.
I Classica Germania Inferior.
I Aelia Classica Britain.
II Classica Syria.
Claudia E. Cappadocia.
III Coll… Moesia Inferior.
I Dongonum supposed on account of the existence of
II Dongonum Britain.
The Lollianus inscription (iii. 600) mentions a mysteriously named
Cohors II Equitum, which seems also to be referred to on an Italian
inscription (v. 2841) as Cohors II Equitatum. The Cohors VI Equestris
mentioned by Pliny (_Ep. ad Tra._ 106) may belong to the same series.
The best explanation of these curious titles is to suppose that they
are all varieties of _equitata_.
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