01-12-2013, 02:46 AM
Quote:Now, an interesting fact I came across was that I found no speira (cohort) numbered over 6.See below:
Quote:[D]is Manibus #⁹⁰⁰I've never heard of a cohors XIII Hispanorum. Does the inscription really say that?! :dizzy:
[T(itus) Flav]ịus Capiton mil(es) coh(ortis)
[Hispa]ne(n)s(is) ∙ XIII mil(i)tavit ∙ an(n)is ∙ II
[vixit] an(n)is ∙ XXV ∙ fecit T(itus) Flavius
[Her]mas l(ibertus) ex textamento {²⁶testamento}²⁶.
ἔτος {²anaglyphum}² ξσʹ
Θεοῖς Δαίμοσιν #⁹⁰⁰
[Τ(ίτου) Φ]λ̣αουίου Καπίτωνος
[σ]τρατιώτου σπείρης ∙ ιγ̣ʹ
[Ἱσ]π̣ανῆς, ἐστράτευσε̣[ν ἔτ]-
[εσι δ]υ̣σίν, ἔζησεν ἔτεσι [εἴκο]-
[σι πέντ]ε̣· Ἑρμᾶς κατ[ὰ] δ̣[ια]-
[θήκην]. vacat
btw The theory is that each new levy began a new series of auxiliary units, so cavalry alae rarely got beyond I, and (as you noted) infantry cohorts rarely got beyond V or VI. Larger numerals (e.g. cohors XX Palmyrenorum) are usually presumed to have been specially numbered for a particular reason.