§210 Diploma Awarded in Syria Palaestina

(0210) Provenience: Kalen Ören, Turkey (near Anemurium, Cilicia)

Awarded: Syria Palaestina 136-137

Granted: ex pedite Papae Cilli f(ilio) […] et Gellio f(ilio) eius [et … f(ilio) eius] et Paulo f(ilio) eius [et … Cilicia?]; cohors I Damas(cenorum)

Alae: [Gallorum et Thracum constantium], [An]t(iana) Gal(lorum) et Thr(acum), VII [Phr(ygum)]

Cohortes: [I Thracum ∞], [I Seb(astena)] ∞, I Mont(anorum), [I Damascenorum], [I Flavia civium Rormanorum], [I G]al(atarum), [II G]al(atarum), III [Br(acaraugustanorum)], [IIII Br(acaraugustanorum)], [IIII Petraeorum], [VI Petraeorum]

Full Text: [Imp(erator) Caes(ar) divi Traiani P]arthici f(ilius) divi [Nervae nepos Traianus H]adrianus Aug(ustus) [pontif(ex) max(imus) tribunic(ia) pot(estate) …] imp(erator) II co(n)s(ul) III p(ater) p(atriae) [equitibus et peditibus qui mil(itaverunt) in al]is III et [c]oh(ortibus) XII q(uae) [appellantur Gal(lorum) et Thr(acum) con(stantium) et An]t(iana) Gal(lorum) et Thr(acum) et VII [Phr(ygum) et I Thr(acum) ∞ et Sebastena] ∞ et I Mont(anorum) et [I Dam(ascenorum) et I Fl(avia) c(ivium) R(omanorum) et I et II Gal]a(tarum) et III e[t IIII Br(acaraugustanorum) et IIII et VI Pet(raeorum) et sunt in Syria Palaestina sub quorum nomina subscripta sunt … p]ostea duxis[sent dumtaxat singuli singulas] a(nte) d(iem) […] L(ucio) Aquilio Veientone [… co(n)s(ulibus)] coh(ortis) I Damas(cenorum) [cui praeest] C(aius) Iulius Cle[mens()] ex pedite Papae Cilli [f(ilio) …] et Gellio f(ilio) eius et Paulo f(ilio) eius descript(um) et recog[nit(um) ex tab(ula) aen(ea)] quae fixa est R[omae in muro post] templ(um) divi [Aug(usti) ad Minervam]

Commentary: Roman Military Diploma. It is suspected that the awardee was Cilician, as the name and his father’s are common in Anatolia (RMD).

Bibliography: RMD 3.160; James Russell, “A Roman Military Diploma from Rough Cilicia,” BJ 195 (1995): 67-133.