Cohors I Latobicorum or cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum? A short history of a vague auxiliary unit Cover Image
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Cohors I Latobicorum sau cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum? Scurtă istorie a unei unităţi auxiliare imprecise
Cohors I Latobicorum or cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum? A short history of a vague auxiliary unit

Author(s): Ionuţ Acrudoae
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: Roman auxilia; cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum; latobici; varciani; mobility; prosopography

Summary/Abstract: The auxiliary unit entitled cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum was formed during the 1st century AD, probably at the same time with its "sister" unit, cohors II Varcianorum. In the first century AD, cohors I Latobicorum et Varcianorum was transferred in the province of Germania, later Germania Inferior, probably together with cohors II Varcianorum. In Germania Inferior, this auxiliary unit stayed until the middle of the third century, when it was destroyed alongside its "sister" unit during a Frankish attack. The epigraphic material emphasized seven militaries from this unit in a course of roughly two centuries of existence. Most of these militaries were local recruits from the province of Germania Inferior, while the officers were from the Italic Peninsula or from highly Romanised provinces.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 63
  • Page Range: 105-124
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Romanian