06-10-2011, 12:25 PM
Pretty much anyone who has had an interest in this area has seen my Byzantine warrior impressions! Otherwise have a look at the military section of http://www.levantia.com.au or the two recent Osprey Warrior volumes on the topic.
There was a mention of the New Varangian Guard in Australia. I was one of the founders in 1981 when no one knew anything about the Enduring Empire. As President I felt duty bound to know something about the group's nominal focus, and that is how I got interested. For about 15 years until I left I was almost the only person in the group who cared, but they have improved since then, although I think that Romios, as distinct from Varangos, is still a minority.
BTW, this topic ought to be under "Roman" not "Greek" for, while Greek was the language they spoke and wrote, they were very far from Classical Greece culturally, and especially militarily.
Timothy
AKA Prôtospatharios kai Strategos Timotheos Vlastaris and others.
There was a mention of the New Varangian Guard in Australia. I was one of the founders in 1981 when no one knew anything about the Enduring Empire. As President I felt duty bound to know something about the group's nominal focus, and that is how I got interested. For about 15 years until I left I was almost the only person in the group who cared, but they have improved since then, although I think that Romios, as distinct from Varangos, is still a minority.
BTW, this topic ought to be under "Roman" not "Greek" for, while Greek was the language they spoke and wrote, they were very far from Classical Greece culturally, and especially militarily.
Timothy
AKA Prôtospatharios kai Strategos Timotheos Vlastaris and others.
