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	Diokletian - Wikipedia
		Auch das Heer wurde reformiert: die Anzahl der Legionen wurde stark erhöht, allerdings gleichzeitig ihre Mannschaftsstärke auf ca.
		Zudem baute Diokletian den Anteil des Bewegungsheeres (Comitatenses) aus.
		All diese Reformen brachten Diokletian den Ruf ein, der große Reformator des römischen Staates gewesen zu sein, der das Reich nach der Reichskrise des 3.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diokletian (1043 words)

	SPECIAL UNITS
		There is a maximum number of Special Units that can be fielded, and this varies with the size of the army (see "Armies of Albion").
		The Comitatenses are the most elite warriors in the armies of Albion.
		When the forces of Albion march to war, the Comitatenses go with them, smashing into their foes like a hammer when battle is joined.
	www.inisfail.com /~oldsage/whfb6/albion6-special-units.html (230 words)

	Heer - Wikipedia
		Von da an bestand jede Legion des Römischen Heeres stets aus den 3 Truppenteilen (Manipel) Triarii, Principes und Hastati.
		In der Spätantike kam es zur Trennung des Heeres in ein Bewegungs- (Comitatenses) und ein Grenzheer (Limitanei).
		Nach dem Untergang des Römischen Reiches, der unter anderem durch die Völkerwanderung herbeigeführt wurde, gab es über Tausend Jahre lang keine stehenden Heere in Europa, außer im Byzantinischen Reich.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/de:Heer (666 words)

	Austria
		With the reorganization of the army which began around the middle of the 3rd century the boundary crew decreased.
		In the forts smaller remaining troops - the limitanei - were stationed, the rest of thy army were mobile field troops (comitatenses).
		In a short time from the middle of the 3rd century - as which vici (camp villages) before the forts still were habitable - the soldiers were allowed to live in the vici.
	www.stefan-ramseier.ch /roemisch/english/roemisch/tagesbericht/2002/oesterreich/limes.htm (528 words)

	Römische Legion - Wikipedia
		Gleichzeitig wuchs auch die Zahl der so genannten foederati, die in den Reihen der römischen Armee kämpften.
		Die Armee wurde schließlich in Grenzheer (Limitanei), Marschheer (Comitatenses) und Gardetruppen (Palatini, siehe Comitatenses) unterteilt.
		Die Rolle der Reiterei nahm stetig zu, besonders im Rahmen der Auseinandersetzungen mit den barbarischen Reiterheeren (Goten, Hunnen) und vor allem im Kampf mit den Sassaniden, in deren Heer die Panzerreiterei eine herausragende Rolle spielte.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/R%F6mische_Legion (2365 words)

	Del siglo III al V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cuando Diocleciano se hizo con el poder en 284 d.C. encomendó la defensa de Occidente a su camarada Maximiano (285), entregándole para ello el mando de parte de aproximadamente un tercio del ejército (es decir, unos 125.000 hombres), reservándose el resto el mismo Diocleciano para la defensa de la parte oriental (unos 255.000 efectivos).
		Por ejemplo, uno de los ejércitos praesental de Oriente estaba formado por 6 vexillationes palatinas, 6 vexillationes comitatenses, 6 legiones palatinas, 17 auxilia palatina y una unidad pseudocomitatense de arqueros (Auxiliarii Sagitarii), lo que da un total de unos 21.000 hombres.
		Mantener un ejército tan numeroso planteaba serios problemas a una sociedad agrícola de limitados recursos económicos y tecnológicos como era la romana.
	www.ejercitosbizancio.net /ejercito1.html (2647 words)

	Caerhun's Garrison
		This can be seen most clearly in the army of Arthur and his contemporaries, swift elite cavalry units, well able to reach an adversary quickly and defeat them.
		The legions are reduced in both size and status by Constantine and these new horse brigades are given the name of the comitatenses or ‘field army’.
		These troops had been expected to hold order and possibly quell minor rebellions, but in more serious troubles the comitatenses had to rapidly reach an area and put down the rebellion.
	www.betws31.freeserve.co.uk /Bath-house/Caerhun_s_Garrison/caerhun_s_garrison.html (2754 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Firmus
		Theodosius' mission was ostensibly to put down a barbarian revolt, but a careful reading of Ammianus casts doubt on this interpretation.
		Romanus, as comes Africae, had command of the troops in Africa, and the revolt of Firmus did not appear to be a major threat requiring a detachment of the comitatenses, despite the fact that Firmus had the support of the equites quartae saggitarium cohortis and members of the Constantiani pedites.
		In point of fact, Ammianus states that Theodosius was sent not only to deal with Firmus, but also to investigate Romanus and his crimes.
	www.roman-emperors.org /firmus.htm (2013 words)

	Roman timeline from 364AD to 476AD
		When the riparian commanders began abusing the Tervingi under their charge, these revolted in early 377 and defeated the Roman units in Thracia outside of Marcianople.
		After joining forces with the Greuthungi and eventually the Huns and Alans, the combined barbarian group marauded widely before facing an advance force of comitatenses sent from both east and west.
		Theodosius's mission was ostensibly to put down a barbarian revolt, but a careful reading of Ammianus casts doubt on this interpretation.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /temetfutue/timeline/tl_Imperial-e.htm (19562 words)

	The Roman Army
		Had large invasions of barbarians broken through the defences, there never had been anyone in the interior of the empire to stop them, due to the system introduced by Augustus by which all the legions were based at the edges of the empire.
		So Diocletian created a central reserve, the comitatenses, who now enjoyed the highest status among the army.
		They were what the legionaries in their bases along the border, now referred to as the limitanei, had once been.
	www.roman-empire.net /army/army.html (13499 words)

	Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th - 9th Century (Men-at-Arms Series), David Nicolle, 1855322242 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		By the 4th century, the professionalism of the Roman soldier had eroded.
		The heavy infantry legion had given way to small tripwire garrisons (limitanei) and the larger field armies (comitatenses).
		The emphasis shifted towards more heavy cavalry, and wholesale recruitment of barbariansbr(foederati), to deal with the more and more numerous incursions by the nomadic peoples moving into the Roman sphere.
	russtore.com /info/asin/1855322242.html (684 words)

	Great Battles of History: The Last Legions
		The individual cohorts, however, have declined in both strength and quality.
		Recruitment has steadily fallen off since Caesar's day, and the Comitatenses now take the most promising recruits and the most experienced soldiers away from the Limitanei.
		These forces continue to police the border, and can still challenge small-scale incursions; in a large-scale invasion, however, the Limitanei will mainly garrison (and stiffen the defense of) threatened towns.
	patriot.net /~townsend/GBoH/gboh-me-romans.html (977 words)

	Warhammer Historical Army Lists III
		This army list covers the forces of the Roman empire over the period from the consolidation of power by Emperor Diocletian until the collapse of the western Roman empire at i.e.
		During this period the familiar heavy infantry of the Roman legion began rapidly surrendering centre stage to new cavalry units, and the army was re-organised into two very different forces: the limitanei, low grade static frontier forces, and the comitatenses, a better trained and more mobile field force.
		Initially this policy worked well, but as the fourth century wore on the barbarian pressure on the Roman frontier grew into a migratory flood.
	brookhursthobbies.com /Warhammer%20Ancients/WarhammerAncientsList2.htm (3692 words)

	The Origin of the Cult of St. Maurice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The general point that propaganda like Theodore's account of the Theban Legion may have weakened the resolve of some of the forces who fought for Eugenius, and have tempted them to defect at the first practical opportunity, is made more interesting still by the evidence of the Notitia Dignitatum.
		It reveals that a small group of units, among them the Thebaei, had been promoted from legiones comitatenses to legiones palatinae.
		We have no way of knowing for sure why this promotion took place, and several different factors may have been involved.
	www.ucc.ie /milmart/maurorig.html (5571 words)

	General FAQ´s
		Did they join the field armies, or did they go into garrisons?
		The border troops (limitanei) could join field army (comitatenses) offensives, but our evidence is not really good enough to say what the usual pattern was.
		However, there is no reason to think that their training, basing or equipment would stop them being used alongside field army troops.
	www.novaroma.de /sodmil/warffaq.htm (804 words)

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