Magister militum was a top-level military command used in the late Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. The term referred to the senior military officer of the empire. The off
Iovinus was magister equitum from 361 to 369 under several Roman emperors, from Julian to Valentinian I. Accordingly, he had himself depicted on his richly decorated marble sarcophagus as a fighting equestrian general (centre). Musée Saint-Remi, Reims.
John Troglita was a 6th-century Byzantine general. He participated in the Vandalic War and served in North Africa as a regional military governor during the years 533–538, before being sent east to th
Roman Africa, with the provinces of Byzacena, Zeugitana and Numidia.