The Scholae Palatinae (lit. 'Palatine Schools'; Greek: Σχολαί, romanized: Scholai) were an elite military imperial guard unit, usually ascribed to the...

plural had an independent meaning. Next to the old kind of school, the Scholae Palatinae, established by Constantine the Great as a replacement to the Praetorian...

palace guard, after the rise of Constantine I, were also called the Scholae Palatinae for the same reason. In the Early Middle Ages the title became attached...

Isaurian unit to obscurity. The emperor Constantine I created the Scholae Palatinae as an elite guards unit of about 6,000 soldiers, and to replace the...

former imperial guards with a number of cavalry units termed the Scholae Palatinae. Paul K. Davis writes, "Constantine’s victory gave him total control...

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or hired as a mercenary. Scholae – was used in the late Roman Empire to signify a unit of Imperial Guards. Scholae Palatinae – An elite troop of soldiers...

Constantine's rule, he was the head of the court secretariats and the scholae palatinae, or imperial guard. After abolishing the senators' obligation to reside...

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official. The magister was first given command of the palace guard, the Scholae Palatinae. He was also appointed head of the palatine secretariats, divided...