‘Classis Seleucena’ – Późnorzymska flota wojenna?
‘Classis Seleucena’ – Late Roman Military Fleet?
Author(s): Jacek WiewiorowskiSubject(s): History of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
Summary/Abstract: The Author discusses in detail the imperial constitution issued by Valentinian I and Valens around 369–370 and preserved by The odosian and Justinian Codes (C. Th. 10.23.1 =C. 11.13.1). According to it, classis Seleucena, the fleet stationed in Seleucia Pieria that was these aport of Antioch ad Orontes, and other east Roman fleets were under the command of the praetorian prefect (of the East – praefectus praetorio per Orientem), who was to take care ofa number of its maritime personnel, while classis Seleucena was under the command of the count of the East (comes Orientis) to help keeping the river Orontes clean and carrying out other indispensable works.
Journal: Gdańskie Studia Prawnicze
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: XXXVIII
- Page Range: 757-769
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish