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Cohors VI Thracum quingenaria equitata

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Type
  
Roman auxiliary cohort

Garrison/HQ
  
Dacia, Moesia Inferior

Country
  
Roman Empire

Role
  
infantry/cavalry

Size
  
500 men (380 infantry, 120 cavalry)

Cohors VI Thracum quingenaria equitata ("6th part-mounted Cohort of Thracians") was a Roman auxiliary regiment containing cavalry contingents. The cohort activated on Dacia and Moesia Inferior provinces. In Dacia the unit stationed on castra from the limes of Dacia Porolissensis: Porolissum, Certinae and Optatiana.

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Cohors VI Thracum quingenaria equitata Wikipedia