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To: Antoninus

Belisarius’s biscuit-eaters?


2 posted on 03/09/2024 9:08:08 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“biscuit-eaters” is a literal translation of the term Bucellarii — the household soldiers of private individuals. Belisarius had 5,000-7,000 of them under his command at the height of his power.


3 posted on 03/09/2024 9:21:39 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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