14th Century Byzantine Soldiers

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The tale of the Varangians continues in its prime in the form of the Varangian Guard, a prominent and selective Byzantine army arising in the tenth century. Composed of the Scandinavian marauders in the beginning, the Varangian Guard survived until the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries as the Byzantine Emperor's elite sentinel.

Varangian guards

Klibanaphoroi

Imperial Roman auxiliary archers, I cent. AD

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The history, organization, and evolution of the early medieval (Eastern Roman) Byzantine army, from circa 7th to 11th century.