In this book, the author explores the changing roles of the most senior military officers of the late Roman empire, the magistri militum, from the initial creation of this rank probably under Constantine I in the 320s to the death of Theodosius I in 395. The main body of the text consists of four chapters … Continue reading The office of “magister militum” in the 4th century CE. A study into the impact of political and military leadership on the later Roman Empire