Organization and operation of the Danubian limes had been a concern of the Roman imperial administration for several centuries. The strategic conception for this space was translated into practice directly with the support of the Roman army. One of the early arrived units in the Lower Danube area was cohors II Mattiacorum; detachments of the unit would flank the river, being stationed in the “bridgehead” fortifications of Dinogetia and Barboși. The history of this auxiliary unit may be broadly restored pegged solely by epigraphic records which we shall review below, together with historiographical discussions related to the completion and interpretation of their text. Although many of the opinions mentioned below remain mere hypotheses until new archaeological discoveries are made, I believe based on the documentary material that we know now, that the evolution of the cohors II Mattiacorum can be reconstructed with some accuracy. Obviously, any new epigraphic find may confirm or “colour” what we know now. The unit’s development spans more than a century from the last quarter of the 1st century AD to the end of the 2nd century AD, leaving more consistent traces at Dinogetia and Barboși, Sexaginta Prista and Sostra. We know the names of some soldiers and unit commanders and the fact that the unit was transformed somewhere in the middle of its existence into a milliariaunit.

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守护多瑙河及更远地区 (I) COHORS II MATTIACORUM

几个世纪以来，多瑙河石灰的组织和运作一直是罗马帝国政府关注的问题。在罗马军队的支持下，这一空间的战略构想直接付诸实践。早期抵达多瑙河下游地区的单位之一是 cohors II Mattiacorum；该单位的分遣队将在河流两侧，驻扎在迪诺盖蒂亚和巴尔博西的“桥头堡”防御工事中。这个辅助单元的历史可以被广泛地还原，仅通过我们将在下面回顾的碑文记录，以及与其文本的完成和解释有关的史学讨论。尽管下面提到的许多观点在新的考古发现之前仍然只是假设，但我相信根据我们现在所知道的文献资料，cohors II Mattiacorum 的进化可以以一定的精度重建。显然，任何新的碑文发现都可能证实或“着色”我们现在所知道的。该单位的发展跨越了一个多世纪，从公元 1 世纪下半叶到公元 2 世纪末，在 Dinogetia 和 Barboşi、Sexaginta Prista 和 Sostra 留下了更一致的痕迹。我们知道一些士兵和单位指挥官的名字，以及该单位在其存在的中间某处被转变为milliariaunit的事实。在 Dinogetia 和 Barboşi、Sexaginta Prista 和 Sostra 留下更一致的痕迹。我们知道一些士兵和单位指挥官的名字，以及该单位在其存在的中间某处被转变为milliariaunit的事实。在 Dinogetia 和 Barboşi、Sexaginta Prista 和 Sostra 留下更一致的痕迹。我们知道一些士兵和单位指挥官的名字，以及该单位在其存在的中间某处被转变为milliariaunit的事实。