Comitatus
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Comitatus may refer to:
- ComesComesComes , plural comites , is the Latin word for companion, either individually or as a member of a collective known as comitatus, especially the suite of a magnate, in some cases large and/or formal enough to have a specific name, such as a cohors amicorum. The word comes derives from com- "with" +...
, a Latin word with similar meaning - ComitatensesComitatensesComitatenses is the Latin plural of comitatensis, originally the adjective derived from comitatus , itself rooting in Comes .However, historically it became the accepted name for...
, the Roman late Imperial mobile army - Comitatus (classical meaning)Comitatus (Classical meaning)Comitatus was a Germanic friendship structure that compelled kings to rule in consultation with their warriors. The comitatus, as described in the Roman historian Tacitus's treatise Germania , is the bond existing between a Germanic warrior and his Lord, ensuring that neither leaves the field of...
, a political term used in various meanings, in Europe's classical period and in the Middle Ages - CountyCountyA county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
, in the Middle Ages, in the sense of a territory under a count — also used sporadically in present-day legal texts - a Hungarian administrative unit:
- Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)A county is the name of a type of administrative units in the Kingdom of Hungary and in Hungary from the 10th century until the present day....
, in the Kingdom of Hungary - Counties of HungaryCounties of HungaryHungary is subdivided administratively into 20 regions which are the 19 counties and the capital city : Budapest...
, administrative units in today's Hungary
- Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)
- an administrative unit in the First Bulgarian EmpireFirst Bulgarian EmpireThe First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state founded in the north-eastern Balkans in c. 680 by the Bulgars, uniting with seven South Slavic tribes...
ruled by a komita and further subdivided into several zhupiŽupaA Župa is a Slavic term, used historically among the Southern and Western branches of the Slavs, originally denoting various territorial and other sub-units, usually a small administrative division, especially a gathering of several villages...
, each ruled by a zhupan. Also comitat or komitat.