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== Real World Mercenaries == | == Real World Mercenaries == | ||
*Barbarian Mercenaries employed by the [[Roman Empire]] in its latter years. | *Barbarian Mercenaries employed by the [[Roman Empire]] in its latter years. | ||
*Varangian Guard | |||
*Condottieri in Italy from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment | *Condottieri in Italy from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment | ||
*[[German]] Landsknecht | *[[Germany|German]] Landsknecht | ||
*Academi and other PDFs in modern times | *Academi and other PDFs in modern times | ||
== Mercenaries in Fiction == | == Mercenaries in Fiction == | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 2 March 2012
Mercenaries are combatants in military conflicts not associated with government bodies, but fight for personal finacial gain. Typically mercenaries are disinterested in the finer points (moral concerns, ideology and so forth) of a conflict and only fight for those who hire them. Mercenaries normally work in groups to have stronger barganing posistions and for support.
Real World Mercenaries
- Barbarian Mercenaries employed by the Roman Empire in its latter years.
- Varangian Guard
- Condottieri in Italy from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment
- German Landsknecht
- Academi and other PDFs in modern times
Mercenaries in Fiction
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