'foederati' or allies of the Empire, paid to fight its battles against ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)
But where the Germans had formerly been incorporated into Roman legions under Roman generals, Valentinian let the Goths keep their own leaders and their own command structure, fighting as foederati — allies rather than citizens. ❋ Superversive (2010)
Neither Honorius nor his feeble successors ever restored the Rhine and Danube frontiers; the foederati took over direct rule of the territories where they had been stationed, and gradually overran the whole of the West. ❋ Superversive (2010)
The foederati were men of jealously separate nations, never Romanized, and felt no bond of kinship with the peoples of the provinces. ❋ Superversive (2010)
Some years earlier, Julian the Apostate had recruited Franks as foederati to help defend the Rhine. ❋ Superversive (2010)
Until the middle of the fifth century, the East, like the West, depended upon barbarian foederati for its defence. ❋ Superversive (2010)
Anastasius fought the pretender Vitalian, commander of the Bulgarian foederati. ❋ Unknown (2001)
His people were established in Moesia as foederati. ❋ Unknown (2001)
Et venit quidam qui evaserat, et nuntiavit Abram Ebraeo, qui habitabat in quercubus Mamre Emori fratris Eschol, fratris Haner et ipsi erant foederati cum Abram. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)
Sidonius and his circle's understanding of the acceptable Roman order was the concept of the foedus (treaty) with the Arian Goths, who as foederati were to serve as military auxiliaries to ensure order and stability in Gaul. ❋ Unknown (1995)
From his early years, Sidonius was involved with a group of patriotic Gallo-Roman aristocrats who wanted to make Gaul a major political power in the western empire with the aid of the Gothic foederati. 9 Absolutely central to ❋ Unknown (1995)
Gaul. 3 He published his panegyrics and first book of letters before he became bishop in 469, while the Visigoths were still loyal foederati (federates) of the ❋ Unknown (1995)
A new Emperor, Theodosius, made peace with the Goths in 381, and most of their warriors entered the Roman service as foederati: allies, we'd say. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 (1983)
And with them he also had in readiness the expedition against Carthage, ten thousand foot-soldiers, and five thousand horsemen, gathered from the regular troops and from the "foederati." ❋ Procopius (N/A)
And when the foederati and their leaders reached Decimum, they saw the corpses of the fallen -- twelve comrades from the forces of John and near them Ammatas and some of the Vandals. ❋ Procopius (N/A)
Sending forward, therefore, the commanders of the foederati, [55] he himself followed with the rest of the force and his own spearmen and guards. ❋ Procopius (N/A)
Now the commanders were as follows: of foederati, [52] Marcellus and Cyril, of the cavalry forces, Barbatus, and of infantry Terentius and Sarapis. ❋ Procopius (N/A)
Then he sent Belisarius by sea with four thousand soldiers from the regular troops and the foederati, [20] and about three thousand of the Isaurians. ❋ Procopius (N/A)
These foederati were private bands of troops under the leadership of condottiere; these had the title of "count" and received from the state an allowance for the support of their bands. ❋ Procopius (N/A)
The left wing was held by Martinus and Valerian, John, Cyprian, Althias, and Marcellus, and as many others as were commanders of the foederati [3]; and the right was held by Pappas, Barbatus, and Aïgan, and the others who commanded the forces of cavalry. ❋ Procopius (N/A)
