Gothic/East Germanic words for Life Guard or Royal Guard?

[Michael Erwin]

For Theodoric:

Amory, p. 92

"The imperial palace soldiers, the scholarii, domestici and  
silentarii, continued to exist. Procopius claims that Theodoric  
reduced these regiments to ceremonial funcions, but he claims the  
same, falsely, about the East at this period. ..."

On Mar 20, 2007, at 4:44 PM, daniel_lans wrote:
> If I remember correctly this term (a Latinized remnant of the old
> lingo) doesn't appear until late 7th century. I was looking for
> something more contemporary with the Regnum Tolosanum and/or
> Theodoric the Great, when Gothic is still spoken. I suppose andbahts
> is earlier still?
>



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