Bonitus (magister militum)

For other people of this name, see Bonitus (disambiguation).

Bonitus was a Salian Frank of Laetic origin. He was the first ever Frank to be made magister militum, in 324. He fought beside Constantine against Licinius and was the father of the general Claudius Silvanus.

Sources

Ammianus Marcellinus, History, XV,5,33

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