The Italian Cohort

[Anonymous]

Well I was persuing the book of ACTS for a historical/biblical studies class I'm taking and came across an interesting reference that I'm now curious about.<br>
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<i> In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in the Italian Cohort, as it was called.</i><br>
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Acts 10:1 (NRSV) Now I'm curious we know anything about this Italian Cohort. My footnote says it was most likely Cohors II. Italica Civium Romanorum. I'm assuming this is perhaps an auxillery unit?<br>
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Don't have my Greek translation available. So I'm curious we know anything about this particular Italian Cohort or anything about the makeup of its troops?<br>
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Thanks<br>
<p><i>For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God, our father dear/
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is Man, his child and care./

For Mercy has a human heart/
Pity a human face/
And Love, the human form divine/
And Peace, the human dress./
And all must love the human form,
In heathen, Turk, or Jew;/
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.</i> William Blake <i>The Divine Image</i>


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