The limitanei (Latin, also called ripenses), meaning respectively "the soldiers in frontier districts" (from the Latin word limes meaning frontier) or...

associated civilian settlements. The soldiers at a border were referred to as limitanei.[citation needed] They were not expected to win large-scale wars, but...

armies (exercitus limitanei). Types (a) and (b) are both frequently defined as "mobile field armies". This is because, unlike the limitanei units, their operations...

about the size of limitanei regiments, as can be seen by the wide range of estimates in the table below. Jones suggests limitanei regiments had a similar...

divided into two major units, the limitanei border guards and mobile armies consisting of comitatenses. The limitanei would deal with smaller raids, or...

more of them. In the fourth century AD, East Roman border guard legions (limitanei) may have become even smaller. In terms of organization and function,...

translated as the more generic "field force" or "mobile force" (as opposed to limitanei or garrison units). In some armed forces, an "army" is or has been equivalent...

century: The limitanei or riparienses patrolled the border and defended the border fortifications. According to some older theories, the limitanei were "settled...

against external enemies or Roman rebels, and frontier-garrison troops (limitanei) which were capable of countering barbarian raids, but less and less capable...

latter of which are recorded by Gregory. Halsall argues that the Rhine limitanei and the old British field army composed the forces of the Riparii and...