- The
limitanei (Latin, also
called ripenses),
meaning respectively "the
soldiers in
frontier districts" (from the
Latin word
limes meaning frontier) or...
-
about the size of
limitanei regiments, as can be seen by the wide
range of
estimates in the
table below.
Jones suggests limitanei regiments had a similar...
- ****ociated
civilian settlements. The
soldiers at a
border were
referred to as
limitanei.[citation needed] They were not
expected to win large-scale wars, but...
-
armies (exercitus
limitanei).
Types (a) and (b) are both
frequently defined as "mobile
field armies". This is because,
unlike the
limitanei units,
their operations...
-
divided into two
major units, the
limitanei border guards and
mobile armies consisting of comitatenses. The
limitanei would deal with
smaller raids, or...
- more of them. In the
fourth century AD, East
Roman border guard legions (
limitanei) may have
become even smaller. In
terms of
organization and function,...
-
expeditionary force formed by
detachments (vexillationes) from the
frontier army (
limitanei),
separate from, but
subject to, the
governor of a province, authorized...
-
translated as the more
generic "field force" or "mobile force" (as
opposed to
limitanei or
garrison units). In some
armed forces, an "army" is or has been equivalent...
- century: The
limitanei or
riparienses patrolled the
border and
defended the
border fortifications.
According to some
older theories, the
limitanei were "settled...
-
against external enemies or
Roman rebels, and frontier-garrison
troops (
limitanei)
which were
capable of
countering barbarian raids, but less and less capable...
