Comitatenses
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The comitatenses and later the palatini were the units of the field armies of the late Roman Empire. They were the soldiers that replaced the legionaries, who had formed the backbone of the Roman mili
A re-enactor portraying a Roman infantry soldier of the Late Antiquity
Comes
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Comes, translated as count, was a Roman title, generally linked to a comitatus or comital office.
Comitatenses
…would divide into 3-4 divisions. The army might use a double phalanx to protect its rear. Reserves would be located behind or between each division. Comes Primicerius (Commander of the first cohort…
Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI (Comes to Sol Invictus)
13th-century inscription in Trento Cathedral, reading Iacobus comes, "Count James"