Auxilia palatina (sg.: auxilium palatinum) were infantry units of the Late Roman army, first raised by Constantine I as part of the new field army he created in about 325 AD.
Some of the senior and probably oldest of these units had special names such as Cornuti or Brachiati; others were named after the tribes from which they were recruited (many of these in eastern Gaul, or among the German barbarians). These units all became palatine units when a distinction was drawn between palatina and the remainder of the comitatenses around 365. There is no direct evidence for the strength of an auxilium, but A. H. M. Jones (History of the Later Roman Empire, Blackwell, Oxford, 1964 p 682) estimates that it may have been 600 or 700. Some auxilia are attested as limitanei, especially on the Danube. It is not clear whether these were regarded as a different category of unit.
Auxiliapalatina (sg.: auxilium palatinum) were infantry units of the Late Roman army, first raised by Constantine I as part of the new field army he created...
(including military units) assigned to them. The names of several auxiliapalatina resemble that of the Attacotti who were mentioned by Ammianus, and...
traces of other auxilia regiments can be found in the praesentales and comitatenses armies. For example, many of the new-style auxiliapalatina infantry regiments...
Petulantes was an auxiliapalatina of the Late Roman army. It is possible they fought in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge for Emperor Constantine I (312)...
legions called comitatenses and pseudocomitatenses, along with the auxiliapalatina, provided the infantry of late Roman armies. The Notitia Dignitatum...
contact with the rest of the column in dense mist. They were rescued by auxiliapalatina regiments that heard the uproar. Proceeding to Brocomagus (Brumath)...
The Cornuti ("horned") was an auxiliapalatina unit of the Late Roman army, active in the 4th and 5th century. It was probably related to the Cornuti seniores...
The Regii or Reges was a Germanic auxiliapalatina (light infantry) unit of the Late Roman army, active between the 4th and the 5th century. There was...
frozen Rhine and raid the countryside. They are driven back by Roman auxiliapalatina (Celtae and Petulantes), who defend the western frontier. May – Battle...
infantry. The comitatenses were the heavy infantry. The auxiliaries, auxiliapalatina, and the peltasts were the medium infantry, and the psiloi were the...
The Notitia Dignitatum, an early 5th century document, lists two auxiliapalatina, the Mattiaci seniores and the Mattiaci iuniores. The references imply...
in the middle of the second line of the Roman formation, with three auxiliapalatina units on their left and other three, among which Regii and Batavi,...
000 strong. The greatest uncertainty concerns the size of the crack auxiliapalatina infantry regiments, originally formed by Constantine. The evidence...
a field army composed of two legions, three vexillations, and two auxiliapalatina. Flavius Memorius held this office (comes) at some point during the...
Roman Army. In the late Roman Army, the Germanic auxiliary troop (Auxiliapalatina) known as the Cornuti was famous for their Barritus. The Cornuti are...
Imperial couriers. The name Biarchus is also found in the scholae palatina, auxiliapalatina, fabricae, vexillationes, and in the stratores. Their duties are...
The Late Roman army as recorded by the Notitia Dignitatum included auxiliapalatina named for the Atacotti, the normal interpretation of such names being...
nineteen of cavalry, as indicated by the Notitia dignitatumː One of auxiliapalatina (infantry): Celtae iuniores; Three legions palatinae (infantry): armigeri...
frozen Rhine and raid the countryside. They are driven back by Roman auxiliapalatina (Celtae and Petulantes), who defend the western frontier. May – Battle...
legions (Latin: legiones) as well as non-legionary allied troops known as auxilia. The latter were most commonly called upon to provide light infantry, logistical...
the Italian military allies. Alaris – A cavalryman serving in an ala. Auxilia – were introduced as non-citizen troops attached to the citizen legions...
Principate, the tactical organisation of the Army continued to evolve. The auxilia remained independent cohorts, and legionary troops often operated as groups...
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