• as cavalrymen. The presence of equites in the Roman cavalry diminished steadily in the period 200–88 BC as only equites could serve as the army's senior...
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    Equites cataphractarii, or simply cataphractarii, were the most heavily armoured type of Roman cavalry in the Imperial Roman army and Late Roman army...
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    designation equites, and included equites Dalmatae, equites Mauri and equites scutarii. In total there is evidence for around 20 units of equites stablesiani...
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    implies, the equites were required to serve up to 10 years of service in the cavalry between the ages of 17 and 46. in the Polybian legion. Equites originally...
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  • regimental designation equites, mostly originated as detachments of existing mounted units (alae, cohortes equitatae, equites legionis), which were separated...
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    The equites singulares Augusti or equites singulares Imperatoris (lit: "personal cavalry of the emperor" i.e. imperial horseguards) were the cavalry arm...
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  • also equites equo publico; after legislation that came into effect that year, all senators were required to give up their public horses. Equites equo...
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    comitatensis (chivalry): equites stablesiani Italiciani', 'equites scutarii seniores, equites stablesiani seniores', equites Marcomanni', equites sagittari clibanarii'...
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    The Order of the Band, Knights of the Band, or Equites Bindae, was a military order in Spain, instituted by Alfonso XI, King of Castile in 1332. It took...
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    the Golden Spur (Latin equites aurati Sancti Romani Imperii, literally "Golden Knights of the Holy Roman Empire"; short equites aurati or milites aurati...
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    Membership in the equestrian order was based on property; in Rome's early days, equites or knights had been distinguished by their ability to serve as mounted...
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    units: Equites Dalmatae Illyriciani, garrisoned at Ganaba. Equites Promoti Illyriciani, Callinicum. Equites Mauri Illyriciani, Dabana. Equites Promoti...
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    returned to Rome from the Rhine, probably accompanied by the new unit of equites singulares Augusti. The Praetorian Guard had participated in Trajan's two...
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    mounted archery in the 1st century BC. They had regiments such as the Equites Sagittarii, who acted as Rome's horse archers in combat. The Crusaders...
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    units: Equites Dalmatae Illyriciani, garrisoned at Ganaba. Equites Promoti Illyriciani, Callinicum. Equites Mauri Illyriciani, Dabana. Equites Promoti...
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    early on the general public respected Claudius. At Augustus's death, the equites, or knights, chose Claudius to head their delegation. When his house burned...
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    may have been inspired by the ancient Greek hippeis (ἱππεῖς) and Roman equites. In the Early Middle Ages in Western Christian Europe, knighthood was conferred...
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    extraordinary cavalry units were assigned: Equites scutarii seniores Equites sagittarii seniores Equites Cordueni A Praeses (civilian governor) of the...
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    wooden perimeter seating at the Circus for Rome's highest echelons (the equites and patricians), probably midway along the Palatine straight, with an awning...
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  • the free dictionary. Eques, horseman or rider in Latin, may refer to: Equites, a member of the Roman Equestrian order the Latin word for a knight in...
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    senators and equites, of tribuni aerarii. Whether these were the successors of the above, or a new order closely connected with the equites, or even the...
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