Equites Dalmatae Units in the Army of the Roman Empire in the second half of the 3rd- 5th centuries.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of formation and development of the mobile forces of the Roman army – Dalmatian cavalry. In the latter part of the 3rd-5th centuries these forces took an active part in the combat operations on the Balkans and the Near East. At the beginning of the 4th century cavalry Dalmatians joined the field army under the leadership of Constantine I (306-337). After the year 378 A.D. equites Dalmatae units were grouped out into numerous border military reservations, and thus shoring up defences of the Balkan province of the Roman Empire