magister militum

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Magister militum was a senior military title in the late Roman Empire, denoting a top-ranking general who often wielded significant political power.

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Label Occurrences
magister militum canonical 3
magister utriusque militiae 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial title
late Roman military rank
military office
appliesToJurisdiction Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire
associatedWithEvent military crises of the 4th and 5th centuries
associatedWithOfficeHolder Aetius
Belisarius
Narses
Ricimer
Stilicho
category Byzantine military offices
Roman military ranks
Roman titles
confersPower significant political influence
supreme field command of Roman armies
confersRankOver comites rei militaris
duces
country Roman Empire
createdUnderEmperor Constantine I
surface form: Constantine the Great
declinePeriod 7th century Byzantine military reforms
developedFrom magister equitum of the Principate
field military
hasGender masculine title
hasLatinName magister militum self-link
hasLiteralMeaning master of soldiers
hasVariant magister equitum
magister militum per Gallias
magister militum per Illyricum
magister militum per Orientem
magister militum per Thracias
magister militum praesentalis
magister peditum
magister militum self-linksurface differs
surface form: magister utriusque militiae
isPositionOf general
top-ranking general
language Latin
oftenCombinedWith civil authority
oftenResultedIn kingmaker role in imperial politics
partOf late Roman military hierarchy
replaces comes rei militaris
dux
statusInByzantineEmpire retained with modifications
subordinateTo Roman emperor
typicalHolder barbarian general in Roman service
senior Roman general
useInPeriod 4th century
5th century
6th century
Late Antiquity
surface form: Late Roman Empire

Referenced by (6)

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Odoacer positionHeld magister militum
Constantius III militaryRank magister militum
this entity surface form: magister utriusque militiae
Aetius militaryRank magister militum
this entity surface form: magister utriusque militiae
magister militum hasLatinName magister militum self-link
magister militum hasVariant magister militum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: magister utriusque militiae
Gundobad positionHeld magister militum