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Auxilia palatina were the late Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 infantry units, first raised by Constantine I
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
 as part of the new field army he created in about 325.

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.






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Auxilia palatina were the late Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 infantry units, first raised by Constantine I
Constantine I

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus , commonly known in English_language as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine , was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337....
 as part of the new field army he created in about 325.

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
Limitanei

The limitanei or riparian were border units in the armies of the late Roman Empire. They were light troops and served to hold off invaders until heavier troops could arrive....
, especially on the Danube. It is not clear whether these were regarded as a different category of unit.

List of auxilia palatina

List of the auxilia palatina included in the early 5th century Notitia Dignitatum
Notitia Dignitatum

The Notitia Dignitatum is a unique document of the Ancient Rome imperial chanceries. One of the very few surviving documents of Roman government, it details the administrative organisation of the eastern and western Roman empires, listing several thousand offices from the imperial court down to the provincial level....
, which depicts also some of the shield patterns of the units.
  • Cornuti seniores
  • Brachiati seniores
  • Petulantes
    Petulantes

    Petulantes was an auxilia palatina of the Roman Empire.The Petulantes were of Germanic origin, and it is possible they fought in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge for Emperor Constantine I ....
     seniores
  • Celtae seniores
  • Batavi seniores
  • Mattiaci
    Mattiaci

    The Mattiaci were an ancient tribe, probably of Germanic tribe origin. They were possibly a branch of the Chatti, their neighbors to the east. The Mattiaci were settled on border of the Roman Empire on the right side of the Rhine in the area of present-day Wiesbaden , the southern Taunus, and the Wetterau....
     seniores
  • Mattiaci
    Mattiaci

    The Mattiaci were an ancient tribe, probably of Germanic tribe origin. They were possibly a branch of the Chatti, their neighbors to the east. The Mattiaci were settled on border of the Roman Empire on the right side of the Rhine in the area of present-day Wiesbaden , the southern Taunus, and the Wetterau....
     iuniores
  • Ascarii seniores
  • Ascarii iuniores
  • Iovii seniores
  • Cornuti iuniores
  • Sagittarii Nervii
  • Leones
    Leones

    Leones, was a professional soccer team in San Salvador, El Salvador. Leones arrived to the national league in the 1951-52 season, simply since the Salvadoran Football Federation had no institutionalised relegation rules....
     seniores
  • Leones
    Leones

    Leones, was a professional soccer team in San Salvador, El Salvador. Leones arrived to the national league in the 1951-52 season, simply since the Salvadoran Football Federation had no institutionalised relegation rules....
     iuniores
  • Exculcatores seniores
  • Sagittarii Tungri
  • Exculcatores iuniores
  • Tubantes
  • Salii
  • Grati
  • Felices seniores
  • Felices iuniores


  • Gratianenses seniores
  • Invicti seniores
  • Augustei
  • Iovii iuniores
  • Victores iuniores
  • Batavi iuniores
  • Bructeri
  • Ampsivarii
    Ampsivarii

    The Ampsivarii, sometimes referenced by modern writers as Ampsivari , were a Germanic tribe mentioned by ancient authors. Their homeland was originally around the middle of the river Ems , which flows into the North Sea, at the Dutch-German border....
  • Gratianenses iuniores
  • Valentianenses iuniores
  • Raeti
  • Sequani
    Sequani

    Sequani, in ancient geography, were a Gallic people who occupied the upper basin of the Arar , their territory corresponding to Franche-Comt? and part of Burgundy ....
  • Sagittarii venatores
  • Latini
  • Sabini
  • Brachiati iuniores
  • Honoriani Atecotti seniores
  • Honoriani Marcomanni seniores
  • Honoriani Marcomanni iuniores
  • Honoriani Atecotti iuniores
  • Brisigavi seniores
  • Brisigavi iuniores


  • Honoriani Mauri seniores
  • Honoriani Mauri iuniores
  • Celtae iuniores
  • Invicti iuniores Britanniciani
  • Exculcatores iuniores Britanniciani
  • Felices Valentinianenses
  • Mattiaci iuniores Gallicani
  • Salii Gallicani
  • Sagittarii Nervii Gallicani
  • Iovii iuniores Gallicani
  • Seguntienses
  • Galli victores
  • Honoriani victores iuniores
  • Honoriani ascarii seniores
  • Felices iuniores Gallicani
  • Atecotti iuniores Gallicani
  • Tungri
  • Honoriani Gallicani
  • Mauri tonantes seniores
  • Mauri tonantes iuniores