Abusina

Abusina or Abusena was a Roman castra (military outpost), and later of town, of the Roman Province of Germania. It was at Eining near Abensberg, on the Limes Germanicus, which at this point was the Danube River. Abusina stood near to the eastern termination of the high road which ran from the Roman military station Vindonissa on the Aar to the Danube.[1]

In the 2nd century the fort was occupied by the Cohors IV Tungrorum with about 1,000 men. By the later Roman Empire archaeology and the Notitia dignitatum suggest the site was occupied by Cohors III Brittonum with only 50 men.[2]


References

  1. ↑  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Abusina". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  2. ↑ Coello, T. (1996). Unit Sizes in the late Roman Army. p 51.
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