supply to the city of Rome. Praefectus alae: commander of a cavalry unit. Praefectus castrorum: camp commandant. Praefectus cohortis: commander of a cohort...

two to four years, were Praefectus cohortis (prefect of a cohort), Tribunus angusticlavius (military tribune), and Praefectus alae (prefect of an ala [cavalry...

("three services"): praefectus of a cohors (auxiliary infantry regiment), followed by tribunus militum in a legion, and finally praefectus of an ala (auxiliary...

in charge of the following border garrison (Limitanei) commanders: Praefectus alae Herculeae at Tamuco Tribunus cohortis secundae Hispanorum at Duga Tribunus...

on, assuming command in the east. This time, Pliny was promoted to praefectus alae, "commander of a wing", responsible for a cavalry battalion of about...

Tribune Alae Petrianae, Petriana Praefectus cohortis primae Cornoviorum, Pons Aelius Tribune Alae primae Asturum, Cilurnum or Cilurvum Praefectus Numeri...

600 1.200 Knight of Ala 250 333 500 750 1.500 Praefectus cohortis 3.375 4.500 6.750 10.125 20.250 Praefectus alae 11.250 15.000 22.500 33.750 67.500...

non-Italian mercenaries with specialist skills lacking in the legions and alae: Numidian light cavalry, Cretan archers, and Balearic slingers. From this...

had an officer staff of six tribuni militum and one praefectus castrorum), an auxiliary praefectus does not appear to have enjoyed the support of purely...

regiments, both alae and cohortes, were also doubled to so-called milliaria size (literally "1,000-strong", actually only 720 in milliary alae and 800 in cohortes)...

under the command of a tribunus militum, who probably reported to the Praefectus Praetorio, the commandant of the Guard. Initially, it probably contained...

the Legio VI Victrix, Prefect of the Legion (Praefectus Legionis), was equivalent to that of the Praefectus Castrorum. Men who had achieved this title were...

in Latin: praefectus Alexandreae et Aegypti, lit. 'prefect of Alexandria and Egypt' and more usually referred to as the Latin: praefectus Aegypti, lit...

select detachments from alae on the borders. His comitatus thus numbered some 17,000 men, equivalent to 31 infantry cohortes and 11 alae of cavalry. The trend...

commander") and/or as a unit commander, e. g., of tribunes of cohorts, of alae (auxiliary equivalents), of numeri, and in the Eastern Empire even of legions...

Roman citizenship). There were three basic types of auxiliary regiment: alae, which contained only cavalry and consisted nominally of 480 soldiers cohortes...

substantial cavalry forces to support their legions. The elite of the cavalry, the alae, were expected to perform complex manoeuvres that required extensive training...

term used for the extramural settlements of forts for military units (e.g. alae and cohorts), while canabae is generally used to describe extramural settlements...

ἔπαρχος, which translates as either 'the governor' (praefectus Aegypti) or a 'legionary prefect' (praefectus legionis), and κορνουκλαρι, for the Latin corniculari...

Roman army Late Roman army East Roman army Size of the Roman army Troops Alae Cohorts Auxiliaries Alpine regiments of the Roman army Cavalry Turmae Centuriae...

Auxiliary troops could be formed from either auxiliary light cavalry known as alae, auxiliary light infantry known as cohors auxiliae, or a flexible mixture...

was the Auxilia that garrisoned it. An incomplete inscription mentions an Alae Antoninae (Antonine Wing), possibly on routine patrols and on restoration...

in 9 CE. This battle resulted in the destruction of three legions, three alae, and six cohorts. During that event, the army was likely returning to Vetera...

detachments of the legions under him, Norbanus with troops drawn from the four alae and eight cohortes stationed in Raetia. The two governors defeated Saturninus...

There was, then, a medical corps associated with each camp. The cavalry alae ("wings") and the larger ships all had their medical officers, the medici...

BENEGESTAS, A CAROLO IX TORQUATOR MILITUM ORDINE, ET CATAPHRACTOR EQUITUM ALAE PRAEFECTUS DECORATO, ROMAE AD PIUS IIII ET V PONTT. MAX. REGIS SUI NOMEN, AC DIGNITATUM...