Droungos (Greek: δροῦγγος , sometimes δρόγγος, drongos ) or drungus is a late Roman and Byzantine term for a battalion-sized military unit, and later for a local command guarding mountain districts. Its commander was a "droungarios " or "drungarius " (δρουγγάριος), anglicized as "Drungary".
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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...
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Greek. τασκός, taskos, "badger" δρουγγός, droungos , "snout, nose" ὗς, hus, "kermes oak" Both taskos and droungos are given by Epiphanius of Salamis in his...
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and Byzantine empires, signifying the commander of a formation known as droungos . Latin-speakers adopted the word drungus - first attested in the early...
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Prince William II of Villehardouin (r. 1246–1278) awarded to the "great droungos of the Melingoi" exemption from all duties except military service. The...
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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...
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level of the earlier droungos , although larger tourmai are still recorded. It is probably no coincidence that the term "droungos " disappears from use...
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subordination: the banda of the regiments of the same brigade (moira, droungos ) had a field of the same colour, distinguished by a distinctive device...
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