Late Roman Shield Patterns



Dux Armeniae



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Frontpiece showing towns 3 prefects along with their units are listed as being under the command of the Duke of Armenia:

Praefectus legionis quintadecimae Apollinaris
Praefectus legionis duodecimae fulminatae
Praefectus legionis primae Ponticae

along with 24 other units or detachments of units:

Equites sagittarii (split over 2 separate locations)
Ala Rizena
Ala Theodosiana
Ala felix Theodosiana
Ala prima Augusta Colonorum
Ala Auriana
Ala prima Ulpia Dacorum
Ala secunda Gallorum
Ala castello Tablariensi constituta (ie. newly constituted)
Ala pima praetoria nu(p)er constituta (ie newly constituted)
Cohors tertia Ulpia miliaria Petraeorum
Cohors quarta Raetorum
Cohors miliaria Bosporiana
Cohors miliaria Germanorum
Ala prima Iovia felix
Ala prima felix Theodosiana
Cohors prima Theodosiana
Cohors Apuleia civium Romanorum
Cohors prima Lepidiana
Cohors prima Claudia equitata
Cohors secunda Valentiana
Cohors (missing)

The men under the Praefectus legionis quintadecimae Apollinaris are the old Legio XV Apollinaris Pia Fidelis, stationed at Satala (modern Sadagh in Erzeroum, Armenia) where they had been the garrison since Trajan's days.

The men under the legionis duodecimae fulminatae are the old Legio XII Fulminata Galliena, which was stationed at Miletene (modern Malatia in Turkey) after the time of Septimius Severus, and where it was still stationed according to the Notitia.

In contrast, Legio I Pontica appears to have been a Tetrarchic creation, based in Trebizond (modern Trabzon in Turkey) on the Black Sea.

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