01-03-2012, 10:34 PM
Sadly I can’t confirm whether cohors I Hammiorum Saggitariorum (The First Cohort of Hamian Archers) was a part-mounted equitata unit, or peditata, although the evidence seems to point to it being an infantry unit.
It is attested at Carvoran (Magnis) between AD136-8 when the Prefect Titus Flavius Secundus put up an altar to the Emperor’s fortune for the welfare of Lucius Aelius Caesar (RIB1778). A later inscription dedicated by Licinius Clemens Prefect of the cohort was dedicated to Deae Syriae under Calpurnius Agricola between AD163-166 (RIB1792).
(On a side note, there is a reference to Richmond 1943, Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4 Vol. xxi p203, stating that “that among military units in Britain the worship of Dea Syria was restricted to Coh. Hammiorum at Carvoran”. This information may well be out of date :-) )
There are building stones where Secundus is mentioned again (RIB 1818 where “the century of Prim[…] built 112? Feet of rampart under the command of Flavius Secundus the Prefect” and RIB 1820 where “the century of Silvanus built 112 feet of rampart under the command of Flavius Secundus the Prefect”)
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It is attested at Carvoran (Magnis) between AD136-8 when the Prefect Titus Flavius Secundus put up an altar to the Emperor’s fortune for the welfare of Lucius Aelius Caesar (RIB1778). A later inscription dedicated by Licinius Clemens Prefect of the cohort was dedicated to Deae Syriae under Calpurnius Agricola between AD163-166 (RIB1792).
(On a side note, there is a reference to Richmond 1943, Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4 Vol. xxi p203, stating that “that among military units in Britain the worship of Dea Syria was restricted to Coh. Hammiorum at Carvoran”. This information may well be out of date :-) )
There are building stones where Secundus is mentioned again (RIB 1818 where “the century of Prim[…] built 112? Feet of rampart under the command of Flavius Secundus the Prefect” and RIB 1820 where “the century of Silvanus built 112 feet of rampart under the command of Flavius Secundus the Prefect”)
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