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The emperor Constantine I (ruled 312–37), who established the first large-scale comitatus (imperial escort army) and divided the army into escort army (comitatenses) and border (limitanei) troops, giving the late Roman army the structure described in the Notitia Dignitatum. Bust in Musei Capitolini, Rome
Palatini – were elite units of the late army. Pedites – The infantry of the early army of the Roman kingdom. The majority of the army in this period. Peditatus – A term referring to any infantryman in the Roman Empire. Pilus Prior – Senior centurion of a cohort. Pilus Posterior – Deputy to the pilus prior.
These units usually numbered between 300 and 2,000 soldiers and some of them kept their original numbering schemes. The primary source for the legions of this era is the Notitia Dignitatum, a late 4th-century document containing all the civil and military offices of both halves of the Roman Empire (revised in c. 420 for the Western Empire). Legio I
In the Late Roman Empire the army was divided into two major units, the limitanei border guards and mobile armies consisting of comitatenses. The limitanei would deal with smaller raids, or, in the case of larger invasions, try to defend or stall long enough for the comitatenses legions to arrive.
The Roman Empire in AD 125, in the time of emperor Hadrian, showing the Roman provinces and legions deployed. This article lists auxilia, non-legionary auxiliary regiments of the imperial Roman army, attested in the epigraphic record, by Roman province of deployment during the reign of emperor Hadrian (r. AD 117–138).
Pages in category "Late Roman military units" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Areani; B.
Barbarians from outside the empire probably supplied a much larger proportion of the late army's recruits than in the army of the 1st and 2nd centuries. The emperor Constantine I, who divided the army into escort army (comitatenses) and border (limitanei) troops, giving the late Roman army the structure described in the Notitia Dignitatum.
Late Roman military units (4 C, 18 P) Roman legions (4 C, 77 P) P. Praetorian Guard (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Roman Empire"