Ala I Pannoniorum
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The Ala I Pannoniorum (Ala I Pannoniorum Sabiniana), was a Roman cavalry unit stationed in Arbeia in the 2nd c. AD.[1]
It was later stationed at Chesters on Hadrian's Wall,[2] and then in Gemellae in Roman Numidia in around 225-244.[3] During the third century it was commanded by a former guardsman, Celerinius Augendus, who had been ennobled to the equestrian order and given command of this frontier units, guarding the border facing the Sahara desert.[citation needed]
The unit received the surnam "Sabiniana" from its commander, Caius Nymphidius Sabinus. [4]
