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Soldiers > Guards, military > Varangian Guard

Terme préférentiel

Varangian Guard  

Définition

  • Members of an elite personal bodyguard to Byzantine Emperors; 9th-13th/14th cs.; at first consisted solely of Varangians; Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons served beginning 11th c.; they carried famous one-edged axes

Concept générique

Notation

  • 111037

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-ZT5LHRD1-P

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