Colonial
Social role / institution
Civil War 2.19 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… At the same time the Roman burgess-body at Corduba of its own accord shut the gates against Varro, set outposts and sentries on the towers and walls, and detained for the defence of the town two cohorts called Colonial which had come there by chance. …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 2.19
Caesar
… At the same time the Roman burgess-body at Corduba of its own accord shut the gates against Varro, set outposts and sentries on the towers and walls, and detained for the defence of the town two cohorts called Colonial which had come there by chance. …