10-17-2010, 08:45 AM
Quote:”Records at the permanent camp of the legion in Moesia refers also the promotion of the veteran L. Campanius Verecundus to signifer and further to centurio of coh. I Cisipadensium (CIL V 8185). A cohors that still later belonged to the Moesian army (as is well known, promotions from old legionary soldiers to non-commissioned officers of the auxilia took place only within the same Provincial exercitus).I believe that you have misunderstood the process. This inscription shows that a signifer from your legion was promoted by transfer to a different autonomous unit -- the cohors I Cisipadensium was not part of the legio IV Scythica. Such transfers were not uncommon. Tiberius Claudius Maximus is probably the best-known example.
Quote:Attached to the Legio IV Scythica following in the campaignmn in Parthian with Caesennius Corbulo and Peto (58-62).I am not aware of the evidence for this. But it would not be uncommon for auxiliary units to accompany a legion when reinforcing a war zone.
Quote:Here is a monument from Philipopolis Plovdiv Bulgaria associated with IIII Scythian Legion. ... Was there a praetorian cohorts in the legions?No -- no Praetorian cohort in a legion. Your tombstone appears to have been erected by a father (the legionary veteran) for his son (the praetorian).
