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A Pannonian auxiliary's epitaph from Roman Gordion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Andrew L. Goldman
Andrew L. Goldman
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Gonzaga University
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Abstract

A funerary stele of a Pannonian auxiliary soldier recovered in 1996 at Gordion (Turkey) provided the first concrete evidence of Roman military activity at the site. The Latin epitaph on the monument revealed the presence of a unit (cohors VII Breucorum c.R. equitata), previously unattested in central Turkey, within the rural environs of northern Galatia. Little is currently known about the garrisons and movements of auxiliary forces in that region, and the monument's discovery permits a fresh examination of military deployment within Rome's comparatively lightly-garrisoned provinces of Asia Minor. New archaeological fieldwork in the Roman settlement at Gordion has provided a firm context for the stele, and recently published epigraphical finds relating to the soldier's unit and its deployment strongly link the monument's presence to activities surrounding Trajan's Parthian War (AD 114–117).

Özet

Roma askeri faaliyetinin Gordion'daki (Türkiye) ilk somut kanıtı, Pannonia destek kuvvetine mensup bir askere ait bir mezar stelinin 1996'da yerleşim yerinde bulunmasıdır. Anıt üzerindeki Latince mezar yazıtı, kuzey Galatya'nın kırsal çevresini de içine alan orta Anadolu'da daha önce tespit edilmemiş bir birliğin (cohors VII Breucorum c.R. equitata) varlığını göstermektedir. Bölgedeki garnizonların ve destek kuvvetlerinin askeri hareketleri hakkında şu an çok az şey bilinmektedir. Bu anıtın keşfi ile Roma'nın nispeten daha hafif garnizonlar kurduğu Küçük Asya bölgelerindeki askeri konuşlanma konusunda yeni bir inceleme olanağı sağlanmıştır. Gordion'daki Roma yerleşiminde yapılan yeni arkeolojik saha çalışmaları, stel için kesin bir kontekst sağlamıştır. Yukarıda sözü edilen askerin birliği ve bu birliğin konuşlanması ile ilişkili epigrafik buluntular kısa süre önce yayınlanmıştır. Bu buluntular, anıtın varlığı ile Trajan'ın Part Savaşı (M.S. 114–117) sırasındaki faaliyetler arasında güçlü bir bağlantı kurmaktadır.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 60 , December 2010 , pp. 129 - 146
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2010

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