Magister militum (Latin for "Master of the Soldiers", plural magistri militum) was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine. Used alone, the term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, the emperor remaining the supreme commander) of the Empire. In Greek sources, the term is translated either as strategos or as stratelates.
Establishment and development of the office
The title of magister militum was created in the 4th century, when Emperor Constantine the Great deprived the praetorian prefects of their military functions. Initially two posts were created, one as head of the foot troops, as the magister peditum ("Master of the Foot"), and one for the more prestigious horse troops, the magister equitum ("Master of the Horse"). The latter title had existed since Republican times, as the second-in-command to a Roman dictator.
Under Constantine's successors, the title was also established at a territorial level: magistri peditum and magistri equitum were appointed for every praetorian prefecture (per Gallias, per Italiam, per Illyricum, per Orientem), and, in addition, for Thrace and, sometimes, Africa. On occasion, the offices would be combined under a single person, then styled magister equitum et peditum or magister utriusquae militiae ("master of both forces").
In Valens’ absence, command of the eastern half of the Empire fell to his magister militum—master of soldiers, or commander-in-chief—a man by the name of Iulius ... He may have also granted Alaric the title of magister militum per Illyricum—commander of all troops in the Illyria region.
Когда римский патриций Флавий Орест (бывший чиновник Аттилы, германец), назначенный Непотом лидером германских федератов Италии и главнокомандующим римскими войсками (магистр армии, magister militum), ... Брат Одоакра, римский военачальник, magister militum Иллирии в 477–479 гг.
В IV в ... э ... Вторжение в Африку После смерти императора Гонория (423) власть перешла к его пятилетнему племяннику Валентиниану, которого опекала его мать – Галла Плацидия, и которая по просьбе крупных африканских землевладельцев, подвергавшихся набегам берберских плем1н, назначила магистра армии (magister militum) Бонифация комитом (графом) Африки ... э ... э.
... разорять территорию Восточной Римской империи, продолжая свои грабительские набеги, и прекратил свои военные действия, сопряженные с грабежами, только тогда, когда константинопольский император Аркадий наградил его высокой должностью – магистром армии Иллирика (magister militum).
The cavea has 28 seat levels ... The two officers were responsible for the limitanei (border garrison) troops stationed in the province, while until the time of Anastasius I the comitatenses field army came under the command of the magister militum per Orientem, and the palatini (guards) under the two magistri militum praesentales in Constantinople ... 0 ... .
This article was published online on March 11, 2021 ... As the nation reeled, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the role of a magister militum addressing the legions, issued an unprecedented advisory that put the sitting ruler on notice, condemning sedition and insurrection and noting that the inauguration of a new ruler would proceed ... Snip ... .
FineArtImages / Getty ... As the nation reeled, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the role of a magister militum addressing the legions, issued an unprecedented advisory that put the sitting ruler on notice, condemning “sedition and insurrection” and noting that the inauguration of a new ruler would proceed ... All of this had echoes in Rome’s long story.
QUESTION. Mr. Armstrong; You seem to have studied history more than any professor I ever met. So I am directing this question to you ... LR. ANSWER ... As a result, he was dubbed by theologians as Julian the Apostate ... He went as far as to prosecute corruption in government establishing the Chalcedon tribunal under the supervision of a magister militum Arbitio ... .
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi on 11.26.12 @ 6.10AM ... AD 456-476), when the Emperor was no more than a figurehead for whoever was magister militum ("master of the soldiers" -- i.e., head of the army) at the time, and could be done away with if he seemed to be exercising too much independent authority ... Page. 1 2 > . .
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