Magister militum (Latin for "master of soldiers"; pl.: magistri militum) was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from...

the son of Bauto, his predecessor as Valentinian II's protector and magister militum, is variously defended and contested by modern scholarship. John of...

In 531, he replaced Belisarius as magister militum per Orientem before re-assuming his rank of Magister militum per Illyricum again in 532. In that...

he was elevated to the rank of magister militum; this was probably the junior of the two offices of comes et magister utriusque militiae, as the senior...

practice for both magistri militum praesentales to be equal but in the West it had become common for one magister, (usually the magister peditum), to be superior...

in Africa as its governor general, combining the military post of magister militum with the civil position of praetorian prefect. Solomon successfully...

late 587 or early 588, to command in the East against the Persians as magister militum per Orientem, replacing Philippicus. He only reached the East in spring...

his troops, lifted the block on the mountain passes, and retired. As magister militum per Thracias, Emperor Theodosius I, who had succeeded Valens after...

converted to Christianity. He received two letters by Theodoret. He was magister militum praesentalis in the East at least since 443 and until 451, when he...

in 550, following the failure of a large Byzantine army under the magister militum per Armeniam Dagisthaeus to capture the strategic fortress of Petra...

407–411) was a general of the Western Roman Empire (with the rank of magister militum), who initially supported the usurper Constantine III, later betraying...

Magister degree, an academic degree Magister equitum, or Master of the Horse Magister militum, a master of the soldiers Magister officiorum (master of offices)...

Salian Frank of Laetic origin. He was the first ever Frank to be made magister militum, in 324. He fought beside Constantine against Licinius and was the...

northeastern sector of the Empire's frontier with Sassanid Persia (magister militum per Armeniam). From this post, he supported the outbreak of the Iberian...

typically assigned to the magister militum; and the scholae palatinae of actual palace guards, usually under the magister officiorum, a senior court...

commanded by a magister militum, who also reported direct to the emperor. The 13 eastern border duces reported to the magister militum of their diocese:...

these successes, Procopius was awarded the title of patrician and made magister militum per Orientem (possibly by Theodosius II to succeed Ardabur), a post...

officers, Aetius (magister militum in Gaul), Count Boniface (governor in the Diocese of Africa), and Flavius Felix (magister militum praesentalis in Italy)...

son-in-law of the powerful Bonifacius, comes Africae in 420s, nominated magister militum praesentalis and patrician by the Empress Galla Placidia in 432. The...

seventh centuries CE. He commanded the army in Mesopotamia as the magister militum per Orientem under Maurice. Together with Khosrow II, he fought against...

Agrippinus (floruit 451–462) was a general of the Western Roman Empire, Magister militum per Gallias under emperors Valentinian III, Petronius Maximus, Avitus...

Constantinople with ambassador Eslas. In 475, Orestes was appointed magister militum and patricius by Western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos. This proved to...

general and the first exarch of Africa. Gennadius was appointed as magister militum Africae in c. 578, and quickly defeated the Romano-Moorish kingdom...

magister peditum, "master of the foot" or "master of the infantry". These positions were eventually amalgamated under the title of magister militum,...

Dorotheus was a Byzantine military commander. While being magister militum per Armeniam he won a battle against the Persians, in 530, as well as taking...

Visigothic foederati under Alaric, magister militum in Illyricum, rebelled in 395. Gildo, the Comes Africae and Magister utriusque militiae per Africam,...

476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne by his father, the magister militum Orestes, and, at that time still a minor, was little more than a figurehead...

with his son Arcadius. On 22 August at the behest of the magister militum Arbogast, a magister scrinii and vir clarissimus, Eugenius, was acclaimed augustus...

Germanus (Greek: Γερμανός; died 604) was a Byzantine general who served under Emperor Phocas (r. 602–610) in the early stages of the Byzantine-Sassanid...

contested power with Anthemius. Deriving his power from his position as magister militum of the Western Empire, Ricimer exercised political control through...