- The
limitanei (Latin, also
called ripenses),
meaning respectively "the
soldiers in
frontier districts" (from the
Latin word
limes meaning frontier) or...
-
about the size of
limitanei regiments, as can be seen by the wide
range of
estimates in the
table below.
Jones suggests limitanei regiments had a similar...
-
armies (exercitus
limitanei).
Types (a) and (b) are both
frequently defined as "mobile
field armies". This is because,
unlike the
limitanei units,
their operations...
-
expeditionary force formed by
detachments (vexillationes) from the
frontier army (
limitanei),
separate from, but
subject to, the
governor of a province, authorized...
- more of them. In the
fourth century AD, East
Roman border guard legions (
limitanei) may have
become even smaller. In
terms of
organization and function,...
- century: The
limitanei or
riparienses patrolled the
border and
defended the
border fortifications.
According to some
older theories, the
limitanei were "settled...
- twenty-five
frontier garrisons of
approximately 195,000 lower-quality
limitanei troops.
Additional troops included subsidised allied forces and imperial...
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distance from the
borders as a
strategic reserve. The
border troops (
limitanei)
stationed at
fixed bases continued to be the
first line of defence. The...
- ****ociated
civilian settlements. The
soldiers at a
border were
referred to as
limitanei.[citation needed] They were not
expected to win large-scale wars, but...
-
translated as the more
generic "field force" or "mobile force" (as
opposed to
limitanei or
garrison units). In some
armed forces, an "army" is or has been equivalent...
