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==horse guards corps of Comites==
The ''Comites dominorom nostrurum'' (plural of ''Comes D.N.;'' literally "Companions of our lords') were a mounted imperial body guard during Diocletian's [[tetrarchy]] (circa 300 AD).
== medieval usage ==
In the feudal tradition, Latin was often used, especially in legal documents, as (sometimes sole) official language, so the rendering in Latin was no less important then the original in the spoken vernacular.
Thus, ''comes'' has been used as the Latin equivalent (or part of it) of all titles of comital rank, whether containing [[Count]] (or some other word etymologically derived from Comes, or in many other languages from [[Graf]]).
*Similarly it is part of the rendering (not always exclusive) of derived lower titles containing such term, notably ''Vicecomes'' for [[Viscount]] and ''Burgicomes'' (alongside ''burgravio'') for [[Burgrave]]
==See also==
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