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Comes Africae

Comes Africae

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The comes Africae was in the Late Roman Empire, the commander of the troops comitatenses and limitanei in the diocese of Africa. His direct superiors were, in times of the Notitia dignitatum, about 400, the magister peditum for the units of infantry and the magister equitum for those of cavalry. He also supervised the performance of the dux limitis Mauretaniae Caesariensis and the dux provinciae Tripolitanae.

Cities under the responsibility of the comes Africae, of a manuscript of the Notitia dignitatum.

Units under his control

He commanded twelve units (or detachments) of infantry and nineteen of cavalry, as indicated by the Notitia dignitatumː

  • One of auxilia palatina (infantry): Celtae iuniores;
  • Three legions palatinae (infantry): armigeri propugnatores seniores, armigeri propugnatores iuniores, Cimbriani;
  • Eight legions comitatenses (infantry): secundani Italiciani, primani, secundani, tertiani, Constantiiani, Constantiaci, tertio Augustani', Fortenses;
  • Nineteen 'vexillationes comitatensis (chivalry): equites stablesiani Italiciani', 'equites scutarii seniores, equites stablesiani seniores', equites Marcomanni', equites sagittari clibanarii', equites sagittarii Parthi seniors, equites armigeri seniores', equites armigeri iuniores', equites cetrati seniores, equites primo sagittarii, equites secondo sagittarii', equites tertio sagittarii', equites quarto sagittarii, equites Parthi s

To these units of Comitatenses were added another sixteen of limitaneiː

  • Praepositus limitis Thamallensis', praepositus limitis Montensis in castris Leptitanis, praepositus limitis Bazensis', praepositus limitis Gemellensis, praepositus limitis Tubuniensis, praepositus limitis Zabensis', praepositus limitis Tubusubditani, praepositus limitis Thamallomensis', epositus limitis Balaretensis', praepositus limitis Columnatensis', praepositus limitis Tablatensis', praepositus limitis Caputcellensis, praepositus limitis Secundaeforum in castris Tillisibus', praepositus

Comites Africae

Notes

  1. [1]
    Theodosian Code XII 5.1 (dated 326 but brought back to 325 by historians) and XII 1.15 (dated 327). In Pierfrancesco Porena, Le origini della prefettura del pretorio tardoantica, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2003, ISBN 8882652386, pp. 470-471.

Bibliography

Primary sources

Modern historiographical sources

  • J.Rodríguez González, History of the Roman Legions, Madrid, 2003.
  • A.K.Goldsworthy, The Complete Roman Army, Thames and Hudson, London, 2003, ISBN 0-500-05124-0
  • Y. Le Bohec, The Imperial Roman Army, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 9780415222952
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