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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[541] This, at least, seems the most likely province for it to have
been raised in. This regiment, not included by Cichorius, is only
mentioned in the Syrian diploma for 157.
[542] It is not mentioned as _miliaria_, but is conjectured to have
been so on the analogy of cohorts II and III.
[543] The title Ulpia is not given in these two cases, but the
regiments obviously belonged to the same series and were probably also
_equitatae_.
[544] Probably identical with the ‘Cohors Afrorum in Dacia’ mentioned
in vi. 3529.
[545] Not included by Cichorius, and only mentioned in _A. E._ 1909.
104, an inscription dating from the end of the second century.
[546] There is no reason why these regiments should not have been
raised between 40 and 70, but they do not appear on inscriptions until
much later.
[547] Some of the cohorts and alae of Hispani may, of course, have been
raised in Baetica.
[548] On some difficult points connected with this regiment see Cagnat,
_L’armée romaine d’Afrique_, p. 258 (2nd edition).
[549] From the existence of three cohorts bearing the number III, we
may assume two more with the number I, and two with the number II, of
which as yet no evidence exists.
[550] This regiment is, however, possibly identical with the preceding.
[551] Not included by Cichorius, and only mentioned on a Greek
inscription, which is probably of second-century date, _I. G. R. R._
iii. 56.
[552] Probably identical with the Cohors I C. R., which appears in
Germania Superior. The Cohors II C. R. which formed part of the
garrison of the same province according to ix. 2958 probably also
belongs to this series.
[553] xiii. 6306 may refer to Cohors XXV, but it is probable that the
final stroke is omitted, and that Cohors XXVI was meant.
[554] On this regiment see above, p. 65, n. 6.
[555] Possibly identical with the Ala Augusta Moesica.
[556] Possibly identical with the Ala Augusta Syriaca.
[557] See _J. R. S._ ii. (1912), p. 99.
[558] This regiment has no early inscriptions, and is probably
identical with one of the other British alae, possibly the Ala
Petriana, which renounced its original title in favour of this
honorific appellation.
[559] Not included by Cichorius. This regiment is probably either a
late formation, or possessed also an ethnical title omitted on this
inscription.
[560] The title is probably connected in some way with that of the Ala
I Hispanorum Auriana which was stationed in Raetia.
[561] Here again, however, an ethnical title may well have been omitted.
[562] Possibly a Gallic regiment on the analogy of the Ala Gallorum
Flaviana.
INDEX
_Actarius_,
in an ala, 41;
in a cohort, 43.
_Aeneatores_, 43, n. 11.
African officers, 96.
Ala,
origin of term, 22-5;
titles of, 24, 45;
size of, 26;
officers of, 40.
Archers, 84, 103, 128.
_Augusta_, used as title of auxiliary regiments, 47.
Augustus, military reforms, 13 et seqq.
Balearic slingers, 10, 131.
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