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    Posted: 29-Mar-2015 at 23:10
Ok so I have so many questions and Google has failed at answering them so I hope it's ok for me to ask them here. If I annoy anyone with all my questions I apologize. Ok so onto my first question.

I'm curious about the Byzantium military. What was the eveolution like? Did they start in the typical legionnaire fashion and evolve into Knights? Did they call themselves legionnaires? Did Byzantium ever have any knight orders?

Thanks in advance.
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They did start with legions as there was no definite time that the empire became Byzantine as this is a name given by 19th century historians. They were called Legio while Latin was used but Greek became the main language. Legionaries is the usual English word for them rather than legionnaires.

I am not aware of any knightly orders, but some descendants of Latin mercenary knights used the tile "Syr".

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Thanks so much.
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So the late Byzantine never had any official Knights?

Also what happened to the people after the city was taken over? What happened to the people that didn't convert to Islam?
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Originally posted by Fatal Rose

So the late Byzantine never had any official Knights?

Also what happened to the people after the city was taken over? What happened to the people that didn't convert to Islam?



Actually, the Byzantine Empire gave rise to the chivalraic [spelling]
Knightly orders that existed into the late Medieval periods.

Follows the History of the Oder of St. George-

http://www.orderofstgeorge.org/historyoftheorder.html






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also- The Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

http://malta.obss.org/?page_id=9
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Remember, the Byzantine Empire was also "The Holy Roman Empire". Start by googling Knightly Orders of the Holy Roman Empire.

It was also the first Christian Empire.


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Originally posted by Fatal Rose


I'm curious about the Byzantium military. What was the eveolution like? Did they start in the typical legionnaire fashion and evolve into Knights? Did they call themselves legionnaires? Did Byzantium ever have any knight orders?

Thanks in advance.

Was not they famous with heavy cavalry?

and don't think Byzantine or any Eastern Orthodox Country lived a knight age like in West Europe / Latin Europe. During the late period mercenaries became important. They had different mercenary groups from Catalania to Turkic Tribes.

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Also what happened to the people after the city was taken over? What happened to the people that didn't convert to Islam?

Simply three they looting and then declaration of peace for everyone.
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