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Cohors XX Palmyrenorum

Field	Value
unit_name	Cohors XX Palmyrenorum
image	Weisenau type helmets, Carnuntum.jpg
image_size	75
caption	Roman infantry helmet (late 1st century)
dates	Late 2nd century AD to at least c. 257 AD
country	Roman Empire
type	Roman auxiliary cohort
role	infantry/cavalry
size	1,040 men (800 infantry, 240 cavalry)
garrison	Dura-Europos

The Cohors XX Palmyrenorum ("20th Cohort of Palmyrenes") was an auxiliary cohort of the Roman Imperial army. It was a cohors equitata milliaria, mixed infantry and cavalry regiment, originally recruited from the inhabitants of Palmyra in Roman Syria. There were also a small number (32–36) of dromedarii forces attached to the infantry.

The unit was probably raised in the late 2nd century, when Palmyra became part of the Roman Empire. At first they served in the province of Dacia. In the early 3rd century they were stationed in Dura-Europos. The headquarters of the Cohors XX Palmyrenorum was the Temple of Artemis Azzanathkona aside the Praetorium.

Notes

Bibliography

Robert O. Fink: The Cohors XX Palmyrenorum, a Cohors Equitata Miliaria. In: Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. Vol. 78, 1947. pp. 159–170.
Nigel Pollard: Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria. University of Michigan Press, 2000,

References

(2007). "The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History". Oxford University Press.
Peter Edwell: ''Between Rome and Persia. The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra Under Roman Control.'' Routledge, 2008, {{ISBN. 9780415424783, p. 124.

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