comes rei militaris

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Comes rei militaris was a senior late Roman military commander responsible for leading mobile field army units and overseeing regional defense.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial title
late Roman military office
appliesToPeriod Late Roman Empire NERFINISHED
associatedWithEmperor Constantine the Great NERFINISHED
Theodosius I NERFINISHED
authorityOver regional duces
category Roman imperial offices
Roman military ranks
commanded comitatenses
limitanei in his region
country Roman Empire
derivesFrom comes
distinctFrom comes domesticorum
dux limitis
magister militum
documentedInSource Notitia Dignitatum NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork military command
governs military operations in assigned region
hasAlternativeLabel comes rei militaricae
count of the military
hasAttribute mobile command capability
regional strategic responsibility
hasGender male officeholder
hasRank senior military commander
hasScope operational command
strategic defense planning
introducedInPeriod 4th century
languageOfName Latin
literalMeaning companion of the military matter
count of military affairs
partOf comitatus system
late Roman military hierarchy
positionInHierarchy above dux
below magister militum
reportsTo emperor
magister militum
responsibleFor mobile field army units
regional defense
status imperial appointee
typicalJurisdiction large frontier region
strategic military district
usedFor command of regional field army group
usedIn Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED

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comitatenses commandedBy comes rei militaris