- singular: θέμα). In turn, each
droungos was
composed of
several banda (singular: bandon). Thus each
moira or
droungos was the
analogue of a
modern regiment...
- Gr****. τασκός, taskos, "badger" δρουγγός,
droungos, "snout, nose" ὗς, hus, "kermes oak" Both
taskos and
droungos are
given by
Epiphanius of
Salamis in his...
- and
Byzantine empires,
signifying the
commander of a
formation known as
droungos. Latin-speakers
adopted the word
drungus -
first attested in the early...
- term fell out of use
after the 10th
century (in late
Byzantine times,
droungos had a
similar meaning). Its
Islamic counterpart in
Cilicia and Mesopotamia...
-
Prince William II of
Villehardouin (r. 1246–1278)
awarded to the "great
droungos of the Melingoi"
exemption from all
duties except military service. The...
-
Bucellarii Scholae Palatinae Excubitors Middle Themata Kleisourai Tourma Droungos Bandon Tagmata Domestic of the
Schools Hetaireia Akritai Varangian Guard...
-
commander correspondingly as chiliarchos, and are also
equated to the
thematic droungos under a droungarios.
During the 11th century, with the
demise of the thematic...
-
Bucellarii Scholae Palatinae Excubitors Middle Themata Kleisourai Tourma Droungos Bandon Tagmata Domestic of the
Schools Hetaireia Akritai Varangian Guard...
-
level of the
earlier droungos,
although larger tourmai are
still recorded. It is
probably no
coincidence that the term "
droungos"
disappears from use...
-
Bucellarii Scholae Palatinae Excubitors Middle Themata Kleisourai Tourma Droungos Bandon Tagmata Domestic of the
Schools Hetaireia Akritai Varangian Guard...
