A NEW FRAGMENT OF A MILITARY DIPLOMA FOR THE EQUITES SINGULARES AUGUSTI
A NEW FRAGMENT OF A MILITARY DIPLOMA FOR THE EQUITES SINGULARES AUGUSTI
Author(s): Peter Rothenhöfer, Florian Matei-PopescuSubject(s): History, Military history, Ancient World
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: Military diploma; imperial constitution; equites singulares Augusti; Septimius Severus;
Summary/Abstract: This paper publishes a new fragment of a military diploma copied from an imperial constitution concerning the emperor’s horse guards (equites singulares Augusti). The authors tentatively propose that Septimius Severus granted it in the summer of AD 195, during his Parthian expedition.
Journal: Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology
- Issue Year: 12/2025
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 256-258
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English
