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Meaning of Misthophoroi from wikipedia

- those of classical Greece relying increasingly on Gr**** mercenaries (misthophoroi; men-for-pay) and also on non-Gr**** soldiery such as Thracians, Galatians...
- There is evidence of mercenaries (misthophoroi (plural), misthios (singular male), misthia (singular female) in Gr****) being hired in Ancient Greece from...
- sometimes referred to misthophoroi xenoi — literally "foreigners paid with a salary". By the second and first century BC, misthophoroi were mainly recruited...