07-13-2008, 07:36 PM
Believe it or not, because we do know that IIII Flavia built a fortress in 105 AD at Sarmizetusa/ Ulpia Traiana (Campbell, 25-26, Roman Legionary Fortress 
) it narrows down considerably the number of possible Auxilia to 11 units that might have had some type of working relationship based on cross reference through Cheesman and Spaul.
There is documentation of at least 27-29 known Auxilia units in Dacia around 105-155 AD according to Spaul and Cheesman.
That list gets narrowed down to 11 based on location. I am going with known auxiliary forts that would have been 2-3 days march or one heck of a good horse ride from Ulpia Traiana. In addition, I am using known dated diplomas, and other finds.
I spent a few hours looking over Romanian maps also to help validate some of the distances. Not all the spellings translate well from Romanian to English, much like with Korean I am discovering so this adds a little spice in things.
Is it an exact science, nope, but we can at least get to some Auxilia units that were closely located to IIII Flavia.
The 11 semi finalists are:
I Alpinorum
I Bracaraugustanorum
II Gallorum et Pannonica(later named) Dacia equitata
II Gallorum et Pannoniorum
V Gallorum
IIII Hispanorum equitata
I Augusta Ituraeorum
VIII Raetorum
I Thracum Sagittaria
I Vbiorum equitata
I Vindelicorum
Based on what I can read up on each unit, I expect a few more to drop off.
V/r
Mike
) it narrows down considerably the number of possible Auxilia to 11 units that might have had some type of working relationship based on cross reference through Cheesman and Spaul. There is documentation of at least 27-29 known Auxilia units in Dacia around 105-155 AD according to Spaul and Cheesman.
That list gets narrowed down to 11 based on location. I am going with known auxiliary forts that would have been 2-3 days march or one heck of a good horse ride from Ulpia Traiana. In addition, I am using known dated diplomas, and other finds.
I spent a few hours looking over Romanian maps also to help validate some of the distances. Not all the spellings translate well from Romanian to English, much like with Korean I am discovering so this adds a little spice in things.
Is it an exact science, nope, but we can at least get to some Auxilia units that were closely located to IIII Flavia.
The 11 semi finalists are:
I Alpinorum
I Bracaraugustanorum
II Gallorum et Pannonica(later named) Dacia equitata
II Gallorum et Pannoniorum
V Gallorum
IIII Hispanorum equitata
I Augusta Ituraeorum
VIII Raetorum
I Thracum Sagittaria
I Vbiorum equitata
I Vindelicorum
Based on what I can read up on each unit, I expect a few more to drop off.
V/r
Mike
Mike Daniels
a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
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a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
:wink: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title="Wink" />:wink:
