Eques (disambiguation)
Eques ( Latin for rider , knight ; plural equites ) can denote
- an eques , d. H. a member of the Roman knighthood (equester ordo)
- a rider in an auxiliary unit of the Roman army
- the Eques , a mounted Roman gladiator
The plural form equites also stands for
- Equites singulares , a cavalry troop in the Roman Empire , which acted as a guard of the emperor or a governor
- Equites aurati ( singular eques auratus ), an elite of officials of the Holy Roman Empire , which consisted predominantly of members of the lower nobility
- Equites Originarii (Latin for original knights ), the ancient noble families of Schleswig-Holstein