01-06-2021, 03:34 AM
(03-08-2019, 07:44 PM)Damian Roe Wrote: Hi all,
First of all as always apologies if this question has been answered elsewhere.
As I understand it the legions were the heavy infantry and they used auxiliaries to fulfill certain requirements. I have heard of a unit of the Tigris boatman been stationed at the South Shields section of Hadrians Wall, I would imagine they would move between the banks of the Tyne. My question is does anyone know anything about these Tigris boatmen?
Name: Numeri Bacariorum Tigrisenisium
Raised: Arabia (Tigris).
This base: Arbeia, South Shields, 4th Century AD.
Characteristic: Cohort.
Type: Foot.
Unit size: 200-500
Notes: Name translates to “Tigris small boat men”, maybe it was a Classis, naval unit?
“Arbeia” probably name given to fort after this units origins.
This unit rebuilt the fort after fires in late 3rd and early 4th Century.
Ref: Auxillae, A compendium of Non-Legionary units of the Roman Army, Volume I: Cohortes peditatae and Equitata, Michael S. Dubois.