Cohors I Flavia Canathenorum

The military diploma of 156/157 (Template:CIL)

Cohors prima Flavia Canathenorum [sagittaria] [milliaria] ("1st Flavian cohort of Canathaens, archers, 1000 strong") was a Roman auxiliary cohort of infantry.

Name

• Flavia: Flavian. The Imperial family name shows a link to the emperors Vespasian, Titus or Domitian. The unit was probably raised during the reign of Vespasian.
• Canathenorum: Canathans. At the time the unit was raised, the recruits came from the city of Canatha and the nearby area.
• sagittariorum or sagittaria: Archers.
• milliaria: 1000 strong. A Cohors milliaria peditata had a nominal strength of 800, a Cohors milliaria equitata of 1040. On the military diplomas the sign $\mathrm{\infty }$ is used instead of milliaria.

Since there is no indication for equitata, the unit was a Cohors milliaria peditata (infantry unit) with a nominal strength of 800 men.

Military diplomas

The unit is attested on military diplomas for the province of Raetia issued in 116, 116/121, 125/128, 139, 151/170, 154/161, 156, 157, 157/161, 159/160, 160, 162, 166 and 167/168.

Garrisons

Possible garrisons in Raetia were:

• Eining
• Kösching
• Regensburg-Kumpfmühl
• Sorviodurum (Straubing): The unit was stationed here in the 2nd and 3rd century.

Tiles with the stamp C I F C were found in Eining and Kösching, tiles with the stamp COH I CAN in Regensburg-Kumpfmühl and Sorviodurum (Template:CIL).

Attested personnel

The following personnel is attested on diplomas or inscriptions:

Commanders

• Aelius [.] (ca. 162): he is listed on the military diploma (Template:CIL)
• M. Plotius Faustus (Template:CIL, Template:CIL, Template:CIL)

Soldiers

• Asuodane, a soldier: the diploma (Template:CIL) was issued for him.

See also

• Roman auxiliaries
• List of Roman auxiliary regiments

References

• Farkas István Gergő: THE ROMAN ARMY IN RAETIA Dissertation, University of Pécs Faculty of Humanities 2015, P. 151–152, 243–259, 409-412 (PDF 19,1 MB, P.154-155, 246-262, 412-415)
• John Spaul: Cohors² The evidence for and a short history of the auxiliary infantry units of the Imperial Roman Army, British Archaeological Reports 2000, BAR International Series (Book 841), Template:ISBN

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