Ala I Pannoniorum Explained

The Ala I Pannoniorum (Ala I Pannoniorum Sabiniana), was a Roman cavalry unit stationed in Arbeia in the 2nd c. AD.^[1]

It was later stationed at Chesters on Hadrian's Wall,^[2] and then in Gemellae in Roman Numidia in around 225-244.^[3] During the third century it was commanded by a former guardsman, Celerinius Augendus, who had been ennobled to the equestrian order and given command of this frontier units, guarding the border facing the Sahara desert.

See also

• Roman auxiliaries
• List of Roman auxiliary regiments

Sources

• Michael P. Speidel - Riding for Caesar, the Roman Emperors' Horse Guards, page 150
• John E. H. Spaul: Ala I Pannoniorum - One or Many In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. Band 105 (1995), S. 63–73, S. 195–196 (PDF S. 5-6)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 10133 ‒ ala I Pannoniorum Sabiniana Roman Inscriptions of Britain . 2022-06-12 . romaninscriptionsofbritain.org . en.
2. Notitia Dignitatum xl.37
3. Baradez (1949) p. 18.