Cornuti

The Cornuti ("horned") was an auxilia palatina unit of the Late Roman army, active in the 4th and 5th century.

According to some scholars, they are depicted on the Arch of Constantine, as the soldiers who are shown wearing horned helmets.

In that same year, the Cornuti fought the Alemanni in the Battle of Argentoratum, under the command of the emperor Julian.

[2] The Notitia Dignitatum, a document describing civil and military offices in the Western Roman Empire around 420 and in the Eastern Roman Empire in 395 circa, records the existence of the Cornuti seniores under the command of the magister peditum praesentalis of the West.

[3] The same source records the existence of the Cornuti iuniores, who fought in the Battle of Adrianople (378) and later part the army of the magister militum praesentalis of the East.