Regii
The Regii or Reges was an auxilia palatina (light infantry) unit of the Late Roman army, active between the 4th and the 5th century. There was also a legio comitatensis with the same name.
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History
This unit was probably formed under Constantius II or Magnentius, even if another reconstruction suggests they originated during the Constantinian period and formed by the Alamannic king Crocus.[1]
The Regii belonged to the army of the Caesar Julian. They fought in the Battle of Strasbourg (357): they were deployed on the second line and held, together with the Batavi, the pressure of the Alamannic cavalry that had repulsed the Roman cavalry.[2]
In the Notitia dignitatum (395-420 circa) the Regii are listed in the army of the magister militum praesentalis of the East.
Notes
- Colombo, p. 154.
- Whitby, Michael, Rome at War Ad 293-696, Osprey Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-84176-359-4, p. 42.
References
- Maurizio Colombo, "Constantinus rerum nouator: dal comitatus dioclezianeo ai palatini di Valentiniano I", Klio, 90, 2008, p. 124–161.