§263 Diploma Attesting cohors I Flavia Canathenorum miliaria sagittaria, Awarded to Flavius Al[…]

(0263) Provenience: Manching, Germany (Vallatum, Raetia)

Awarded: Raetia 118-121

Granted: Flavio Al[… f(ilio) Suro …] et Flacco f(ilio) eius et Nic[… f(ilio) eius] et Syrill[ae fil(iae) eius]; possibly cohors I Flavia Canathenorum milliaria sagittaria

Full Text: [Imp(erator) Caesar divi Traiani Parthici f(ilius) di]vi Nervae [nepos Traianus Hadrianus Aug(ustus) p]ontif(ex) maxi[mus trib(unicia) pot(estate) …] I [equit(es) et pedit(es) qui militaverunt in al(is) IIII et coh(ortibus) XIV] quae app(ellantur) I Hisp(anorum) [Auriana et I Gemell(iana) et I Fl(avia) sing(ularium) c(ivium) r(omanorum) P(ia) f(idelis) et II Fl(avia)] ∞ P(ia) F(idelis) et I Fl(avia) C[anathen(orum) ∞ et I Breuc(orum) c(ivium) R(omanorum) et I et II Raet(orum)] et II Aquit(anorum) c(ivium) R(omanorum) [et II Tungr(orum) ∞ vex(illatio) et III Brac(araugustanorum) et III Thrac(um) vet(erana) et III T]hrac(um) c(ivium) R(omanorum) […] Flavio Al[…] et Flacco f(ilio) eiu[s …] et Nic[…] et Syrill[ae fil(iae) eius] descriptum et recog[nitum ex tabula aenea quae] fixa est Romae in [muro post templum] divi Aug(usti) a[d Minervam]

Translation: [translation forthcoming]

Commentary: I Fl(avia) C[anathen(orum) ∞]. Children’s names are Syrian, leading some to speculate that Flavius may be a Batanaean recruit who joined the Canathenene cohort. Roman military diploma.

Bibliography: AE 1957.156; AE 1969/70.447; RMD 1.32; RMD 3 p. 244 n. 26; Hartmut Wolff and Werner Eck, “Ein neues raetisches Auxiliardiplom des Jahr 116 n. Chr. aus Künzing,” Ostbarischen Grenzmarken 35 (1993): 19 n.17.