Cohors I Brittonum milliaria

Cohors I Brittonum milliaria
Roman infantry helmet (late 1st century)
Active	?
Country	Roman Empire
Type	Roman auxiliary cohort
Role	infantry
Size	1000? men (1000? infantry)

Cohors [prima] "Augusta Nervia Pacensis" / "Aurelia" / "Flavia Malvensis" Brittonum milliaria [peditata] ("[1st infantry 1000 strong] "venerable, Nervian and peaceful" / "Aurelian" / "Flavian" cohort of Brittones") was a Roman auxiliary infantry cohort. It was stationed at forts in Dacia: castra Buridava, Malva, Vârtop, and the successor to the Vârtop camp, Gară. It and Cohors I Britannica are the first cohorts bearing the appellation milliaria referred to in extant records, in the diploma for Pannonia of 85  CE. ^[1]

See also

• List of Roman auxiliary regiments

References

1. P. A. Holder, Studies in the Auxilia of the Roman Army from Augustus to Trajan, thesis, University of Manchester, 1978, BAR International Series 70, Oxford: BAR, 1980, ISBN   9780860540755, p. 5.

Sources

• Academia Română: Istoria Românilor, Vol. 2, Daco-romani, romanici, alogeni, 2nd. Ed., București, 2010, ISBN   978-973-45-0610-1 (in Romanian)
• Constantin C. Petolescu: Dacia - Un mileniu de istorie, Ed. Academiei Române, 2010, ISBN   978-973-27-1999-2 (in Romanian)
• Cristian M. Vlădescu: Fortificațiile romane din Dacia Inferior, Craiova, 1986 (in Romanian)
• Petru Ureche: Tactică, strategie și specific de luptă la cohortele equitate din Dacia Romană (in Romanian)