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Military Forces in the Senatorial Provinces
E. Ritterling
The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 17. (1927), pp. 28-32.
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M I L I T A R Y F O R C E S I N THE SFNATORIAL. PROVINCES.
T h e commentary on the notable inscription of Hadrian's
time
from Ishekli 7 . R . S . xvi, 1926, p. 74, no.
201)
does not, it would
seem, give adequate consideration to the fact
that under the
Empire permanent military garrisons were regularly stationed
even
in proconsular provinces administered by the Senate,
although
such garrisons consisted of no more than one or several
auxiliary
regiments. A few instances that
I
happen to have at hand may bk
mentioned here bv way of illustration.
Baetica
I n the proceedings taken against the former proconsul
of this province, Caecilius Classicus, there was involved, among
others,
Stilonius Priscus ' qui tribunus cohortis sub Classico fuerat '
(Plin.
E p p iii,
9,
18).
I t follows that towards the end of t he first century
one cohort at least was on garrison duty in the province
its name
however seems to be unknown as yet.
Achaia
In this province there was probably stationed for some
time a
cohors equestris
this is suggested by the Greek epitaph from
Laconia of active
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