(0209) Provenience: findspot uncertain, Syria
Awarded: Egypt and Judaea 24 Sept 105
Granted: ex pedite M(arco) Spedio M(arci) f(ilio) Corbuloni, Hippo; cohors II Ituraeaorum (Egyptian garrison)
Cohortes: I Hispanorum, I Thebaeorum
Full Text: Imp(erator) Caesar divi Nervae f(ilius) Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus pontifex maximus tribunic(ia) potestat(e) VIIII imp(erator) IIII co(n)s(ul) V p(ater) p(atriae). equitibus et peditibus qui militaverunt in alis tribus et cohortibus septem quae appellantur Augusta et Apriana et Vocontiorum et I Augusta Lusitanorum et I Pannoniorum et I Flavia Cilicum et II Thracum et II Thebaeorum et II et III Ituraeorum et classicorum et sunt in Aegypto sub C(aio) Vibio Maximo item extranslatarum in Iudaeam I Hispanorum et I Thebaeoram quinis et vicenis pluribus(q)ue stipendiis emeritis dimissis honesta missione quorum nomina subscripta sunt ipsis liberis posterisque eorum civitatem dedit et conubium cum uxoribus quas tunc habuissent cum est civitas iis data aut si qui caelibes essent cum i(i)s quas postea duxissent dumtaxat singuli singulas a(nte) d(iem) VIII K(alendas) Octobr(es) M(arco) Vitorio Marcello C(aio) Caecilio Strabone co(n)s(ulibus) cohort(is) II Ituraeorum cui prae(e)st L(ucius) Aquillius Oculatius ex pedite M(arco) Spedio M(arci) f(ilio) Corbuloni Hippo descriptum et recognitum ex tabula aenea quae fixa est Romae in muro post templum divi Aug(usti) ad Minervam. Ti(beri) Iuli Urbani; Q(uinti) Pompei Homeri; P(ubli) Cauli Restituti; P(ubli) Atini Amerimni; M(arci) Iuli Clementis; Ti(beri) Iuli Euphemi P(ubli) Cauli Vitalis
Translation: [translation forthcoming]
Commentary: Roman Military Diploma. The diploma was co-issued in Judaea and Egypt; only Judaean units are listed in the cohortes section. Two cohorts from Judaea were exchanged for two from Egypt. The two were soon after added to the newly annexed province of Arabia. Hippos is that of the Decapolis. Hippos is generally thought to be that of the Decapolis, though RGZM outlines other possibilities.
Bibliography: RMD 1.9; AE 1968.513; RGZM 12; David L. Kennedy, The Roman Army in Jordan, 2nd ed. (London: Council for British Research in the Levant, 2004), 39.