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Cities under the responsibility of the comes Africae , of a manuscript of the
Notitia dignitatum .
The comes Africae was in the
Late Roman Empire , the commander of the troops
comitatenses and
limitanei in the
diocese of Africa . His direct superiors were, in times of the
Notitia dignitatum , about
400 , the
magister peditum for the units of
infantry and the
magister equitum for those of
cavalry . He also supervised the performance of the
dux limitis Mauretaniae Caesariensis and the
dux provinciae Tripolitanae .
Units under his control
He commanded twelve units (or detachments) of infantry and nineteen of cavalry, as indicated by the
Notitia dignitatum ː
One of
auxilia palatina (infantry): Celtae iuniores ;
Three legions palatinae (infantry): armigeri propugnatores seniores , armigeri propugnatores iuniores , Cimbriani ;
Eight legions comitatenses (infantry): secundani Italiciani , primani , secundani , tertiani , Constantiiani , Constantiaci , tertio Augustani' , Fortenses ;
Nineteen '
vexillationes comitatensis (chivalry): equites stablesiani Italiciani', 'equites scutarii seniores, equites stablesiani seniores', equites
Marcomanni ', equites sagittari clibanarii', equites sagittarii Parthi seniors , equites armigeri seniores', equites armigeri iuniores', equites cetrati seniores , equites primo sagittarii , equites secondo sagittarii', equites tertio sagittarii', equites quarto sagittarii , equites Parthi s
To these units of
Comitatenses were added another sixteen of
limitanei ː
Praepositus
limitis Thamallensis ', praepositus limitis Montensis in castris Leptitanis, praepositus limitis Bazensis', praepositus limitis Gemellensis , praepositus limitis Tubuniensis , praepositus limitis Zabensis', praepositus limitis Tubusubditani, praepositus limitis Thamallomensis', epositus limitis Balaretensis', praepositus limitis Columnatensis', praepositus limitis Tablatensis', praepositus limitis Caputcellensis, praepositus limitis Secundaeforum in castris Tillisibus', praepositus
Comites Africae
Notes
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Theodosian Code XII 5.1 (dated 326 but brought back to 325 by historians) and XII 1.15 (dated 327). In Pierfrancesco Porena, Le origini della prefettura del pretorio tardoantica, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2003, ISBN 8882652386, pp. 470-471.
Bibliography
Primary sources
Modern historiographical sources
J.Rodríguez González, History of the Roman Legions , Madrid, 2003.
A.K.Goldsworthy, The Complete Roman Army , Thames and Hudson, London, 2003, ISBN 0-500-05124-0
Y. Le Bohec, The Imperial Roman Army , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 9780415222952