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1 prefect and his legionary unit is listed as being under the command of the Duke of Palestine: Praefectus legionis decimae Fretensis along with 29 other units or detachments of units: Equites Dalmatae Illyriciani Equites promoti Illyriciani Equites scutarii Illyriciani Equites Mauri Illyriciani Equites Thamudeni Illyriciani Equites promiti indigenae (split over 2 separate locations) Equites sagittarii indigenae (split over 4 separate locations) Equites primi felices Palaestini Ala prima miliaria Sebastena Ala Antana dromedariorum Ala Constantiana Ala secunda felix Valentiana Ala prima miliara Ala Idiota () constituta (ie. newly constituted) Cohors duodecima Valeria Cohors decima Carthaginensis Cohors prima agentenaria Cohors quarta Frygium Cohors secunda Gratiana Cohors prima equitata Cohors secunda Galatarum Cohors prima Flavia Cohors quarta Palaestinorum Cohors secunda Cretensis Cohors prima salutaria

The men under the Praefectus legionis decimae Fretensis are the old Legio X Fretensis, stationed at Ailae (modern Elat in Israel on the Red Sea), where they had been transferred in the 3rd century; previously they had been based in Jeruslaem. It is possible that the Decimanique Fortenses that Ammianus records as being destroyed at Amida in 359 AD were a detachment of this unit, having arrived there by forced marches before the siege, as none of the legions numbered X are otherwise recorded as being styled Fortenses; another less likely possibility is an otherwise unknown Tenth legion of 3rd century origin called the Fortenses (not beyond the realms of possibility, given a Legio XII Victrix known only from bricks from Strasbourg dating to the 3rd/4th century).

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