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First Cohort of Aquitanians
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The idea of Quintus Sittius Caecilianus as a Numidian, got me looking around Numidia, of which I knew nothing and still know very little. The association with Sittius resulted in me looking around Constantine, Algeria as a potential origin for this Quintus. From Constantine I just had to have a look at the jaw dropping site that is Tiddis,Castellum Tidditanorum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine,_Algeria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiddis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Sittius

Tiddis has the mausoleum of Quintus Lollius Urbicus, and he (little known to me, as is most stuff I find on this exploration) was govenor of both Germania and Britannia coincidentally both the sites of the where we find the 1st Cohort of Aqui. Although I understand the cohort was in Germania Superior and Urbicus was in Germania Inferior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Lollius_Urbicus

Could it be that the 1st Cohort Aqui had a habit, at least for a period, of drawing some troops, or officers from Berber families? and could Urbicus have had a hand in this?
This is might to extent be reinforced (big leap) by the Birley ref which has "a Sittius" commanding the Varduli, a northern Iberian group pretty much in the recruiting area for the Aquitanians. The inscription is from Thibilis, another dependent town of Constantine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varduli
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thibilis
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First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-09-2012, 08:55 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Nathan Ross - 02-09-2012, 09:33 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-09-2012, 10:22 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-10-2012, 03:04 AM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Vindex - 02-10-2012, 04:42 AM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Nathan Ross - 02-10-2012, 05:10 AM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Vindex - 02-10-2012, 02:23 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-10-2012, 03:54 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-10-2012, 04:15 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Vindex - 02-10-2012, 05:54 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Vindex - 02-10-2012, 05:57 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-10-2012, 08:46 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by D B Campbell - 02-10-2012, 08:52 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-10-2012, 09:06 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by D B Campbell - 02-10-2012, 09:38 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by mcbishop - 02-10-2012, 09:47 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by D B Campbell - 02-10-2012, 10:11 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by mcbishop - 02-10-2012, 10:16 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 02-11-2012, 04:18 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Vindex - 02-11-2012, 11:13 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 06-27-2012, 09:26 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by D B Campbell - 06-30-2012, 08:55 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 07-04-2012, 09:11 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by Nathan Ross - 07-04-2012, 09:43 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by D B Campbell - 07-05-2012, 12:34 AM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 05-03-2014, 07:31 PM
Re: First Cohort of Aquitanians - by John1 - 05-24-2014, 01:07 PM
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