03-04-2014, 10:42 AM
Or how about private guards, bucellarii? Many a wealthy man had an armed guard, no matter the laws against this practise. The numbers of these bands would grow until by the 6th century they had become quite large (e.g. in the case of Belisarius) and later they even became a sort of regular regiment.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)