01-20-2018, 04:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-20-2018, 04:41 PM by Michael Kerr.)
While looking through the book The Roman Cavalry by Dixon and Southern I saw a diagram of a tombstone at Tipasa in Algeria for a certain Aduitor, eques of Ala I Caninafatium. This cavalryman was using the contus which tickled my interest so I assume his unit must have served after Hadrian but can’t find anything about them.
What little I do know about the Cannenefates is that they are probably descended from the Chatti and lived in the north-western part of Holland, according to Velleius Paterculus they were subdued by Tiberius in 4 AD "He at once entered Germany. The Canninefates, the Attuarii, and Bructeri were subdued " and probably sided with Civilis when he rebelled n 69-70 AD but after that revolt was suppressed they remained loyal Roman subjects. They seem to have disappeared leaving only a trace in the territorial name Kennemerland.
I was wondering if there was any other information about this unit and the people that served in Algeria?
What little I do know about the Cannenefates is that they are probably descended from the Chatti and lived in the north-western part of Holland, according to Velleius Paterculus they were subdued by Tiberius in 4 AD "He at once entered Germany. The Canninefates, the Attuarii, and Bructeri were subdued " and probably sided with Civilis when he rebelled n 69-70 AD but after that revolt was suppressed they remained loyal Roman subjects. They seem to have disappeared leaving only a trace in the territorial name Kennemerland.
I was wondering if there was any other information about this unit and the people that served in Algeria?
Regards
Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
