Notitia Dignitatum

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Roman imperial document historical source late Roman administrative document military list

Notitia Dignitatum is a late Roman administrative and military document that catalogues the empire’s civil and military offices and their hierarchical organization.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Notitia Regionum Urbis Romae	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman imperial document ⓘ historical source ⓘ late Roman administrative document ⓘ military list ⓘ
associatedWithEmperors	Arcadius NERFINISHED ⓘ Honorius NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod	late Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	heraldic-style shield patterns of military units ⓘ lists of civil offices with their ranks ⓘ lists of military units with their stationes ⓘ titles of officeholders without personal names ⓘ
coversTerritory	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfComposition	early 5th century ⓘ late 4th century ⓘ
describes	civil offices of the Roman Empire ⓘ hierarchical organization of Roman imperial administration ⓘ military offices of the Roman Empire ⓘ
genre	official register ⓘ
hasPart	section for the Diocese of Africa ⓘ section for the Diocese of Britain ⓘ section for the Diocese of Spain ⓘ section for the Eastern field army ⓘ section for the Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul ⓘ section for the Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum ⓘ section for the Praetorian Prefecture of Italy ⓘ section for the Praetorian Prefecture of the East ⓘ section for the Western field army ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
lists	auxiliary units ⓘ comites ⓘ duces ⓘ frontier garrisons ⓘ legions ⓘ magistri militum ⓘ praetorian prefects ⓘ provincial governors ⓘ vicarii ⓘ
originalManuscriptStatus	lost ⓘ
originalTitle	Notitia dignitatum omnium tam civilium quam militarium NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	divided into sections for each major office ⓘ organized by prefectures, dioceses, and provinces ⓘ
subject	imperial court offices ⓘ late Roman army ⓘ late Roman bureaucracy ⓘ military command structure ⓘ provincial administration ⓘ
survival	preserved only in medieval manuscript copies ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	historians of late antiquity ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor	study of late Roman administrative geography ⓘ study of late Roman military organization ⓘ study of late Roman titulature and ranks ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

magister officiorum (disputed in sources) → appearsInSource → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

subject surface form: magister officiorum

Valentia → mentionedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Britannia Inferior → presentInSource → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Maxima Caesariensis → hasSource → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Britannia Prima → mentionedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Britannia Secunda → mentionedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Dacia Ripensis → mentionedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Augustan 14 regions of Rome → documentedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Notitia Regionum Urbis Romae

Regio VII Via Lata → presentInSource → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Notitia Regionum Urbis Romae

limitanei → documentedInSource → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

comitatenses → documentedInSource → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Legio IV Flavia Felix → mentionedInSource → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

Saxon Shore forts → describedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

comes sacrarum largitionum → documentedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

comes rerum privatarum → mentionedIn → Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ

subject surface form: Comes rerum privatarum