Comes tractus Argentoratensis
The comes tractus Argentoratensis was in late antiquity commander of units of the mobile field army of the Western Roman Empire, operating along the Rhine frontier in the Diocese of Gaul.
Definition
The title Comes was usually awarded to members of the highest rank of the nobility, or to the closest confidants of the Emperor. In the late Roman army, it was then transferred to the commanders of mobile field armies or to officers who were entrusted with temporary special commands . His direct superior was the magister peditum praesentalis of the West, the supreme commander of the infantry troops. His area of responsibility mainly included the region around the Legion camp Argentoratum, in the province of Germania Prima.According to one source, the position was created around 408, following the barbarian occupation of most of Gaul, and lasted until Gaul was recovered in 416.