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Recruits from Sirmium in the Roman Army

Author(s): Snežana Ferjančić
Subject(s): History, Military history, Political history, Ancient World
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Sirmium; Roman army; recruitment; praetorian cohorts; equites singulares Augusti; legions; auxiliary units

Summary/Abstract: Sirmium, modern Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia, was one of the most prosperous towns in the Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire. The colony, founded by Vespasian or Domitian, yielded recruits for various units of the Roman army throughout the second and third century A.D. Epigraphic evidence shows that recruitment started as early as the last decade of the first century A.D. Caius Atilius Vitalis, from the legion XV Apollinaris, was drafted in mid-90s, while two auxiliaries joined the army at the end of the decade.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 39-67
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Serbian
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