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The Army of the Holy Roman Empire (French: Armée du Saint-Empire; German: Reichsarmee, Reichsheer, or Reichsarmatur; Latin: Exercitus Imperii) was created in 1422 and came to an end when the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars. The Army of the Empire was not a standing army.
The Army of the Holy Roman Empire (German: Reichsarmee, Reichsheer or Reichsarmatur; Latin: exercitus imperii) was created in 1422 and as a result of the Napoleonic Wars came to an end even before the Empire. It should not be confused with the Imperial Army (Kaiserliche Armee) of the Emperor.
In the history of the Holy Roman Empire, the term Imperial Army may refer to: Army of the Holy Roman Empire (German: Reichsarmee), the army of the empire as a whole, to which all states contributed when ordered by the Imperial Diet; Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor (German: Kaiserliche Armee), the standing army owing service to the ...
The Carolingian Empire is sometimes considered the first phase in the history of the Holy Roman Empire. [ 3 ] After a civil war (840–843) following the death of Emperor Louis the Pious , the empire was divided into autonomous kingdoms, with one king still recognised as emperor, but with little authority outside his own kingdom.
Army of the Holy Roman Empire (1 C, 3 P) B. Battles involving the Holy Roman Empire (12 C, 216 P) C. Imperial castles (22 P) G. Generals of the Holy Roman Empire (2 C ...
According to the Roman historian Livy, the military was a key element in the rise of Rome over "above seven hundred years" [1] from a small settlement in Latium to the capital of an empire governing a wide region around the shores of the Mediterranean, or, as the Romans themselves said, mare nostrum, "our sea". Livy asserts:
A few decades afterwards, the Western army disintegrated as the Western Empire collapsed. The East Roman army, on the other hand, continued intact and essentially unchanged until its reorganization by themes and transformation into the Byzantine army in the 7th century. The term late Roman army is often used to include the East Roman army.
The Imperial Roman Army was the military land force of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 476 AD, [1] and the final incarnation in the long history of the Roman army. This period is sometimes split into the Principate (27 BC – 284 AD) and the Dominate (284–476) periods.