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Real Roman unit names and shield patterns (названия частей и их щиты)

By Insurgent Korrah

Real names and shields. Настоящие названия и щиты

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Eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire

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First is the unit's name in game, then its grade or rank, its actuall name and shield design. the information about the army is dated to the end of the IV century for the eastern empire and for the beginning of the V century for the western.

Сначала идет название в игре, затем род войск, настоящее название части и ее щит. данные об армии в которой находилась часть относятся к самому концу IV века для востока и к началу V века для западной части.

Eastern Roman Empire

"Lanciarii Seniores" - Legio Palatina: Lanciarii Seniores; Army of Magister Militum Praesentalis I

"Eastern Auxilia Palatina" - Auxilia Palatina: Victores; Magister militum Praesentalis I

"Comitatensis Spears" - Legio Comitatenses: Praesidienses; Magister equitum Galliarum

"Limitanei Borderguars" - Lanciarii Lauriacenses (???)

Melee Infantry:

"Eastern Armored Legio" - Legio Comitatenses: Martenses Seniores; Magister militum per Orientem (of east; not to be confused with "Martenses", western pseudocomitatensis)

"Exploratores" - Pseudocomitatenses: Legio Quarta (IV) Italica; Magister Militum per Orientem

"Praeventores" - Pseudocomitatenses: VI Parthica; Magister Militum per Orientem

"Legio Comitatenses" - Quinta Macedonica; deatachments under Magister Militum per Orientem, Dux Daciae ripensis, Egyprt (Comes Limitis Aegypti)

"Legio" - Legio comitatenses: Prima Flavia Constantia; Magister Militum per Orientem

"Palatina" - Legio Palatinae: Ioviani Iuniores; Magister Militum praesentalis (the Emperor's escort army)

"Protectores Domestici" - Domestici Pedites; eastern guard unit

"Palatina Guards" - Eastern scholae. Possibly the Armaturarum Iuniorum

"Cohors" - Legio comitatenses: Prima Flavia gemina; Magister militum per Thracias

Numeroi - Will be added if i will find it. may be one of these:

Hetaireia guards - wrong century)))

Western Roman Empire

"Comitatensis Spears" - Legio Comitatenses: Praesidienses; Magister Equitum Galliarum

"Cornuti Seniores" - Auxilia Palatina: Cornuti Seniores; Italian command

"Limitanei Borderguards" - Lanciarii Lauriacenses (???)

"Feoderati Spears" - Auxilia Palatina: Ascarii iuniores; Comes Hispenias

"Western Auxilia Palatina" - Auxilia Palatina: Honoriani Atecotti Seniores; magister equitum Galliarum. alternatively, Gallii Victores and the comitatensis unit Germaniciani iuniores

Melee:

"Exploratores" - Pseudocomitatenes: Antianenses

"Praeventores" - Pseudocomitatenses: Pontinenses, Italian command

"Cohors" - Legio comitatenses: Flavia Victrix Constantina

"Herculiani Seniores" - Legio Palatina: Herculiani Seniores; Italian command

"Armigeri Defensores" - Legio comitatenses: Armigeri Defensores Seniores, Gallic command

"Elite Palatina" - Auxilia Palatina: Cornuti Iuniores, Italian command

"Palatina" - Legio Palatina: Ioviani Seniores (?) Italian command

"Palatina Guard" - Western scholae. possibly the Armaturatum Seniorum

"Legio" - Legio comitatenses: Pacatianenses, Comes Illyricum

"Legio comitatenses" - Tertiani Italica (Legio III); Comes Illyricum

Missile:

"Matiarii" - Both of these seems to be eastern units.

"Exculcatores" - Auxilia Palatina: Exculcatores Iuniores Britanniciani

"Noble Feoderati Javelinmen" - Auxilia Palatina: Batavi Iuniores Britanniciani

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Additional information can be found, Дополнительная информация может быть найдена здесь - http://lukeuedasarson.com/NotitiaPatterns.html

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Rico Muerte 30 Dec, 2023 @ 2:52am

great

Cactus 13 Apr, 2022 @ 6:48pm

Wouldnt the shield patterns vary between legions?

Althesian 20 Oct, 2020 @ 8:59am

Really shouldn't neglect their key provinces imho. Both west and east rome seem to have lesser comitatenses troops than expected. Africa only having 9,000 seem negligent considering what the vandals did when they sailed through hispania to north africa and took carthage. Defending gaul seems like a hopeless task. The rhine river froze up after all and the germans and huns just poured across the rhine frontiers. Egypt for east rome is pretty obvious too about how important it is. Though i suppose 15,000 aint too bad still doable in case of an invasion.

Alaric 16 Aug, 2017 @ 5:36pm

Thank you so much for this, it's great that you have compiled this information for easy access ;)
In my opinion the Foederati Spears for WRE fit better with this one - http://lukeuedasarson.com/NDprimaFlaviaGallicanaConstantia.html - But I don't mean to discredit you, it's very possible that they could be either the Prima Flavia Gallicana Constantia or the Ascarii Iuniores :)