Auxiliary Cohorts and their titles

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I agree with Jona; the mindset of the ancients was very different. For example, look at the legions. It would have been simpler to number them one through thirty, but for various reasons this wasn't done. In some cases, such as the I Italica, it was to commemorate where the new legion was raised. Some, like the X Gemina & X Fretensis, had existed at the same time & simply retained their original numbers. So, it should not be odd that auxilary cohorts should be as confusing. Even if they were serving in the same area, they usually would have had names to deferentiate between the two, like the three Ala Augusta stationed in Britain. I guess to the Romans, it made sense.