Cohors II Asturum et Callaecorum

• Asturum et Callaecorum : [the] Asturer and Callaecer. The soldiers of the cohort were recruited from the Asturians and Callaecans in the territory of today's Asturias and Galicia.
• Equitata : partially. The unit was a mixed bandage of infantry and cavalry. The addition does not appear explicitly in any of the military diplomats, but 2 military diplomats were exhibited for riders of the cohort.^[1]

There are no references to the milliaria (1000 men), so it is assumed that the unit was a Cohors equitata. The target strength of the cohort was 600 men (480 man infantry and 120 riders) consisting of 6 centuria infantry with 80 men and 4 turmae cavalry each with 30 riders.

The first record of the unit was in the province of Pannonia in a military diploma dating back to AD 80. In the diploma, the cohort is listed as part of the troops stationed in Pannonia.^[2][3][4]