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The ''Heruli'' was an ''auxilia palatina'' unit of the Late Roman army, active between the 4th and the 5th century. It was composed of 500 soldiers and was the heir of those ethnic groups that were initially used as auxiliary units of the Roman army and later integrated in the Roman Empire after the ''Constitutio Antoniniana''. Their name was derived from the people of the Heruli. In the sources they are usually recorded together with the ''Batavi'', and it is probable the two units fought together. At the beginning of the 5th century two related units are attested, the ''Heruli seniores'' in the West and the ''Heruli iuniores'' in the East. == History == The ''Heruli'' probably belonged to the army of the ''Caesar'' Julian, and probably fought in the Battle of Strasbourg (357), even if the sources do not mention them. In 360, before Julian received the order to send most of his troops to Emperor Constantius II for a campaign in the East, the ''Heruli'', the ''Batavi'' and two ''numeri Moesiacorum'' were sent in Britain under the command of Lupicinus, Julian's ''magister militum'', probably to counter a rebellion. They embarked at ''Bononia'' (Boulogne-sur-Mer) and arrived at ''Rutupiae''. Later the ''Batavi'' and the ''Heruli'' returned to the continent, but it is unknown when this happened.〔Ammianus Marcellinus, xx.1.1-3.〕 The Emperors Valentinian I and Valens divided the army among themselves. Many units were divided into two sub-units, sharing the name of the original unit and each distinguished by the name ''seniores'', for the units of the ''senior Augustus'' Valentinian, and ''iuniores'', for the units of the ''iunior Augustus'' Valens, and aggregated respectively to the Western Roman army and to the Eastern Roman army.〔Ammianus Marcellinus, xxvi.5.1-4.〕 In 365, Emperor Valentinian I (364-375) had to confront the invading Germans. The barbarians were able to capture the banners of the ''Batavi'' and ''Heruli'' units, which were made the object of derision by the raiders until recovered.〔Ammianus Marcellinus, xxvii.1.5.〕 In 367-369 there was a revolt in Britain against Valentinian I, known as Great Conspiracy and put down by the later emperor Theodosius I. On this occasion, both the ''Batavi'' and the ''Heruli'' were sent to Britain, along with the ''Iovii'' and ''Victores''. They landed at Richborough and headed for London.〔Esmonde Cleary, A. Simon, ''The Ending of Roman Britain'', Routledge, 2000, ISBN 0-415-23898-6, pp. 44-45.〕 The ''Notitia Dignitatum'', a document prepared in the years 400-420, shows the deployment of the ''Heruli seniores'' under the command of the ''Magister peditum'' for Italy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heruli (military unit)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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