- The
Jovians (Latin: Ioviani) and
Herculians (Latin:
Herculiani) were the
senior palatine imperial guard units under the rule of
Roman Emperor Diocletian...
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Stilicho Alaric Bacurius †
Gainas Eugenius Arbogast †
Units involved Herculiani seniores Strength 20,000–30,000
Romans 20,000
Goths 35,000–50,000, about...
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Roman military since the late republic.
Units such as the
Joviani and
Herculiani had 5,000
soldiers and 726–800 cavalrymen. Many units'
sizes would vary...
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Empire Commanders and
leaders Stilicho Mascezel Gildo Units involved Herculiani seniores Joviani seniores Strength 5,000 70,000 (Exaggerated) Casualties...
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Shield pattern of the
palatine legion of
Herculiani seniores,
according to
Notitia Dignitatum....
- legions. The
earliest legiones palatinae were the Lanciarii, Joviani,
Herculiani and Divitenses.[citation needed] The 4th
century saw a very
large number...
- (100 km) from
Byzantium in Asia Minor. Two new corps, the
Ioviani and
Herculiani (named
after the gods Jove, or Jupiter, and Hercules, ****ociated with...
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would always operate and
transfer together e.g. the
legions Ioviani and
Herculiani); (4) finally, some
tribunes without a
regimental command (tribuni vacantes)...
- and experience. In
early 350, the
commander of the
famed Ioviani and
Herculiani units,
Magnus Magnentius, rose in
rebellion and had
Constans ********inated...
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sources give the
following units for Julian's comitatus: The
Ioviani and
Herculiani legions and
equites Dalmatae are not
mentioned by the
sources as under...
