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Scholae Palatinae
The
Scholae Palatinae
(literally "Palatine Schools", in ,
Scholai
) were an elite military
guard
unit, usually ascribed to the
Roman Emperor
Constantine the Great
as a replacement for the
equites singulares Augusti
, the cavalry arm of the
Praetorian Guard
. The
Scholae
survived in Roman and later
Byzantine
service until they disappeared in the late 11th century, during the reign of
Alexios I Komnenos
.
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