Ala I Pannoniorum

The Ala I Pannoniorum (Ala I Pannoniorum Sabiniana), was a Roman cavalry unit stationed in Arbeia in the 2nd c. AD. ^[1]

It was later stationed at Chesters on Hadrian's Wall, ^[2] and then in Gemellae in Roman Numidia in around 225-244. ^[3] During the third century it was commanded by a former guardsman, Celerinius Augendus, who had been ennobled to the equestrian order and given command of this frontier units, guarding the border facing the Sahara desert.^{[ citation needed ]}

The unit received the surnam "Sabiniana" from its commander, Caius Nymphidius Sabinus. ^[4]

See also

• Roman auxiliaries
• List of Roman auxiliary regiments

References

1. "10133 ‒ ala I Pannoniorum Sabiniana | Roman Inscriptions of Britain". romaninscriptionsofbritain.org. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
2. Notitia Dignitatum xl.37
3. Baradez (1949) p. 18.
4. Acrudoae, Ionuţ (2012). "Ala I Pannoniorum Tampiana: History and Mobility" (PDF). Classica et Christiana. 7 (1). Iaşi: Editura Universităţii „Alexandru Ioan Cuza”: 9–16. ISSN   1842-3043 . Retrieved 2025-12-11.

Sources

• Michael P. Speidel - Riding for Caesar, the Roman Emperors' Horse Guards, page 150
• John E. H. Spaul: Ala I Pannoniorum - One or Many In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. Band 105 (1995), S. 63–73, S. 195–196 (PDF S. 5-6)