Chapters
List of Roman cohorts that were established in the history of ancient Rome.
Cohorts numbered I
- ALPINORUM EQUITATA – was part of the 7th Gemina Felix Legion in 86 CE
- ALPINORUM PEDITATA – was part of the 7th Gemina Felix Legion in 86 CE
- FLAVIA COMMAGENORUM – maybe it was a standalone cohort, but that’s not sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian riders – AND ASTURUM, AND HISPANORUM, AND CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- BRACARAUGUSTANORUM – maybe it was a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian Riders – AND ASTURUM, AND HISPANORUM, AND CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- LIGURUM et CORSORUM
- MONTANORUM
- MONTANORUM c.R.
- NORICORUM EQUITATA
- TYRORIUM SYGITTARIORUM – it may have been a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian riders –
- I ASTURUM, I HISPANORUM, I CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- AUGUSTA NERVIA PACENSIS BRITTONUM MILLIARIA – it may have been a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian Riders –
- I ASTURUM, I HISPANORUM, I CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- HISPANORUM VETERANA – maybe it was a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian riders – I ASTURUM, I HISPANORUM, I CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- RAETORUM
- RAETORUM EQUITATA
- RAETORUM eq. c.R.
Cohorts numbered II
- ALPINA
- ALPINORIUM EQUITATA
- FLAVIA NUMIDARUM – maybe it was a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian riders – I ASTURUM, I HISPANORUM, I CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- FLAVIA BESSORUM – it may have been a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian Riders – I ASTURUM, I HISPANORUM, I CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- GALLORUM – maybe it was a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian Riders – I ASTURUM, I HISPANORUM, I CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
- GEMINA LIGURUM et CORSORUM
- MONTANORUM MILLIARIA
- RAETORUM
- RAETORUM c.R.
Cohorts numbered III
- ALPINORIUM EQUITATA
- GALLORUM – maybe it was a standalone cohort, but that’s not for sure. She served in Dacia Inferior under the command of Aquila Fidus in 161 CE, when Antoninus Pius was the emperor. These cohorts were mentioned as very meritorious on two plates of military diplomas (diplomata militaria) found in northern Bulgaria in 1956. This diploma mentions the ala of the Illyrian riders – I ASTURUM, I HISPANORUM, I CLAUDIA GALLORUM CAPITONIANA.
Cohorts numbered IV
- RAETORUM EQUITATA
Cohorts numbered V
- RAETORUM
Cohorts with VI numbering
- RAETORUM
Cohorts numbered VII
- RAETORUM EQUITATA
Cohorts numbered VIII
- RAETORUM EQUITATA c.R.
Other cohorts
- EQUITATA – an independent cohort that was stationed at a fort in Austria, in the present-day Kastel Kunzig.
- RAETORUM
- RAETORUM et VINDELICORUM
- TUNGRIANS – the border cohort under Emperor Hadrian. She may have been independent, but that’s not certain. The cohort at that time was commanded by Titus Annius, who fell. He was buried in Vindoland.
- BOSPORANORUM – cohort operating within the XII Fulminata legion.
- ALA NORICORUM
