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A '''''vexillatio''''' (((plural form)): ''vexillationes'') was a detachment of a [[Roman legion]] formed as a temporary task force created by the [[Military history of ancient Rome|Roman army]] of the [[Principate]]. It was named from the standard carried by legionary detachments, the ''[[vexillum]]'' (((plural form)): ''vexilla''), which bore the emblem and name of the parent legion.

Although commonly associated with legions, it is likely that ''vexillationes'' included [[Auxilia|auxiliaries]]. The term is found in the singular, referring to a single detachment, but is usually used in the plural to refer to an army made up of picked detachments. ''Vexillationes'' were assembled ''[[ad hoc]]'' to meet a crisis on Rome's extensive frontiers, to fight in a [[civil war]], or to undertake an offensive against Rome's neighbours. They varied in size and composition, but usually consisted of about 1000 [[infantry]] and/or 500 [[cavalry]].

==Purpose==
Most of the [[Roman Army]] (around 400,000 strong at the beginning of the 3rd century) was stationed along the frontiers from the time of [[Hadrian]], if not earlier. This placed the empire in a precarious position when serious threats arose in the interior or along a remote frontier. There was no central reserve and it was rarely possible to take a full legion, or even a major portion of one, to a troubled area without leaving a dangerous gap in the frontier defences. The only logical solution was to take detachments from different legions and form temporary task forces to deal with the threat. As soon as it was taken care of, these ''vexillationes'' were dissolved, and the detachments returned to their parent legions.

[[File:Inscription of the Roman Legion in the Crusader Church in Abu Ghosh.jpg|thumb|upright|Inscription from [[Abu Ghosh]] in [[Israel]] mentioning a vexillatio of the [[Legio X Fretensis|Xth Roman Legion, Fretensis]]]]

The Roman emperors from the time of Augustus had at their disposal units in Italy and in the city of Rome. Over time these units would increase. Augustus created the praetorians who at the time of [[Domitian|Domitianus]] constituted a force of ten cohorts, each of 1000 men strength on paper and who supplied a disputed number of horsemen. [[Trajan|Traianus]] created the Imperial horseguards, the Equites Singulares Augusti,  formed from his proconsular horseguard he had when he was the legate of Germania Inferior of about 1000 horsemen. Septimius made many changes in the Roman military. He doubled the number of the horseguards to 2000 horsemen. He filled the ranks of the Praetorians with provincial soldiers. He levied a new legion, [[Legio II Parthica]], and for the first time in Roman history stationed it on the outskirts of Rome, making it more clear that the Roman emperor was a military dictator. Whenever the emperor went on campaign these guards units stationed in the city of Rome would accompany him. Added to these came the vexillationes of the border legions.<ref>((cite book| author= Cownan, Ross|title= Imperial Roman Legionary |pages=161–284))</ref><ref>((cite book| author=Speidel, Michael P.|title= Riding for Caesar, The Roman Emperors' Horse Guards))</ref>

[[File:Schloßau Wp 10 37 Inschrift.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Votum|Votive altar]] in the [[Odenwald]], [[Germany]], dedicated to [[Jupiter Optimus Maximus]] (abbreviated ''<small>IOM</small>)'' by the ''vexillatio'' of the [[Auxiliaries (Roman military)#Cohortes equitatae|cavalry cohort]] of the [[Sequani]] and [[Raurici]], associated with the 22nd Legion Primigenia Pia Fidelis <ref>''[[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum]]'' (''CIL'') 13.06509.</ref>]]

==Impact==
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The ''vexillatio'' system worked initially, due to the mobility provided by the empire's excellent roads and to the high levels of discipline, cohesion and ''[[esprit de corps]]'' of these units and the legions from which they came. But during the [[Crisis of the Third Century]] (a turbulent period from 235 to about 290) ''vexillationes'' were shifted so rapidly from one area to another that units became hopelessly mixed up and became practically independent. Legions that would proclaim a commander as emperor could have a vexillatio in the real emperor's field army or garrisoned on the frontier. This was a major cause of disorganization in the Roman Army which resulted in sweeping military reforms under [[Diocletian#Military reforms|Diocletian]] and [[Constantine I]] where the basic army unit became the size of one (Quingenaria=500 Soldiers) or two (Milliaria=1000 Soldiers) cohorts instead of the 5000-man legion.

==Units==
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From the time of [[Diocletian]] and the [[Tetrarchy]], and possibly as early as the reign of [[Gallienus]], ''vexillationes'' were the usual cavalry units found on campaign though the ''ala'' remained. In the 4th century the ''Vexillationes [[palatini (Roman military)|palatinae]]'' and ''Vexilationes'' ''[[comitatenses]]'' of the Roman field armies are thought to have been either 300 or 600 men strong. The ''[[Notitia Dignitatum]]'' lists 88 ''vexillationes''.

Other units, such as infantry ''cohortes'' and ''centuriae'', and cavalry ''alae'' and ''turmae'', may have had their own ''vexilla''. In addition, ''vexillationes'' with their own ''vexilla'' would have designated units of special troops outside the usual military structure, such as ''vexillarii'' (re-enlisted veterans), who may have served separately from the cohorts of their ordinary comrades.

==References==
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==Sources==
* ((cite book|author1=Dupuy, R.E. |author2=Dupuy, T.N.. |date=1986|title=The Encyclopedia Of Military History: From 3500 B.C. To The Present|edition=2nd Revised |pages= 147–148))
* ((cite news|author1=Southern, Pat |author2=Dixon, Karen |work=The Late Roman Army|date=1996|title=Chapter 2|isbn=0-415-22296-6))

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