Ala I Asturum
Heavy Cavalry(0.6.7)Side / Back
Short description
Ala I Astvrum: highly disciplined and skilled cavalrymen who provide support to Roman legionaries in battle.
Description
With the end of the Asturian Cantabrian Wars there was movement to integrate these peoples into the Roman armies. Early in the Principality, in the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the auxiliaries of the legions were recruited from Asturias, Cantabria, Galician, Bracaraugustanos, Lusitano, Lugo and to a lesser degree, Arevaci, Celtiberia and Basque. All the units in question had their origin and formation in the first century AD. Ala I Hispanorum Astvrum possibly moved to Britain during the reign of Domitian, although the first certain reference is the year 98 during the reign of Trajan. It had its headquarters in the current Bernwell from possibly the year 175 and securely from the year 205 until the end of the Roman occupation of Britain as part of the garrison of Hadrian's Wall, and is mentioned as part of Britain's army in the years 122, 124, 126, 158, 175, 200, 205 and 400.
Ala II Astvrum was possibly stationed in Pannonia and had a camp in Bremetenacum, the current Ribchester in Lancashire, during the second century.
Ala III Astvrum civivm romanorum is documented in the year 109 with headquarters in Thamusida, the current Sidi Ali ben Ahmed in Morocco.