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The palatini (Latin for "palace troops") were elite units of the Late Roman army mostly attached to the comitatus praesentales,[citation needed] or imperial...

(1855–1914), Italian politician Palatini identity Palatini variation Latin plural of Palatine Palatini (Roman military), elite regiments, literally "Palace troops"...

The structural history of the Roman military concerns the major transformations in the organization and constitution of ancient Rome's armed forces, "the...

The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, Latin: [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries...

roles on an ad hoc basis. Palatini – were elite units of the late army. Pedites – The infantry of the early army of the Roman kingdom. The majority of...

Quapropter statuimus, ut illustrium principum, puta regis Boemie, comitis palatini Reni, ducis Saxonie et marchionis Brandemburgensis electorum filii vel...

(Latin; pl.: palatini; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. The term...

fortifications along the borders of the Roman Empire. They were lower-status and lower-paid than the comitatenses and palatini. The nature of the limitanei changed...

312–337) it appears that military units were classified into three grades based on strategic role and to some extent quality: palatini, elite units normally...

only graded as palatini, emphasising their elite status, while the legiones are graded either palatini or comitatenses. The majority of Roman cavalry regiments...

Recruited from the ranks of the Field Armies were the Palace Troops units ("Palatini"), who accompanied the Emperor as he travelled around the Empire, functioning...

The comitatenses and later the palatini were the units of the field armies of the late Roman Empire. They were the soldiers that replaced the legionaries...

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Recruited from the ranks of the Field Armies were the Palace Troops units ("Palatini"), who accompanied the Emperor as he traveled around the Empire as were...

late Roman and early Byzantine army after the reorganizations of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. The limitanei, unlike the Comitatenses, palatīni, and...

title of Conti Palatini del Sacro Romano Impero by Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1865, the palace was acquired by the military. It underwent a...

Constantinople in 330. Constantine reorganises the Roman army in smaller units classified into three grades: palatini, (imperial escort armies); comitatenses, (forces...

structure of the patrician sodalitas, made up by the two groups of the Salii Palatini, who were consecrated to Mars and whose institution was traditionally ascribed...

belonged to the comitatus (field armies), with a minority rated as elite palatini troops. There was just one regiment of cataphract horse archers. ** Assuming...

dance, to jump"). They were sometimes known as the Palatine Salii (Salii Palatini) to distinguish them from the priests of Quirinius. They are also known...