>Roman period. Soldiers are paid in wages. Both infantry and

>>3075000
Bump

>>3075000

The Byzantines had a professional army.

It was more economical, small feudal polities could raise more troops that way.

>>3075000
Roman soldiers would receive a final land package as part of their pension, typically recently conquered land to ensure other tribes did not invade
Foederatti's children would be given citizenship, the greatest gift of them all
The reason medieval armies aren't paid professionally is because A there was no longer a large continuous empire to spend it in and B kings weren't that rich once everything else was said and done, also by giving them land they stay aristocratic and loyal whilst if you just give them money, then they could potentially raise mercs to enforce their demands

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>>3075000
Land for professional soldiers was actually more of a norm for a long time in history than wage payment. By doing so, you're freeing a man to do only one job: soldiering. Landed professional soldiers were right up there in ancient military systems alongside Militia systems and Mercenaries.

For example: the Achaemenid Persians and the Sassanids paid their soldiers in land. The Sassanids even had a knightly class of cavalrymen- the Asvaran- that arose out of Sassanid Feudalism.

Part of the reason why the Macedonian Army was leagues better than the Greek one sans was because the Hetairoi and the Pezhetairoi Phalangite were professional soldiers, who received land grants from the Macedonian Kings. This in contrast to the mostly part-timers that was the Greek Hoplite. Part of the reason why the Macedonian Kings were obsessed with conquest was basically to acquire lands to settle their soldiers in.

Finally, Early Imperial China was remarkable for utilizing both waged soldiers and military land-grants. Basically soldiers would receive land grants in order for them to be self sufficient and help settle the land, particularly in newly conquered territory (just like the Romans). But in wartime, or if a unit is activated, they would get salaries from the state. That generally was the purpose of various soldier-settler military systems in China from the Han-Song period like the Tuntian, Fubing, and Wei Suo systems, but i dont have the time to go to detail.

In addition, Rome's legions wasn't entirely state funded: many of them were paid out of the personal fortunes of rich Romans, making them pseudo-household troops for influential and wealthy generals.

tl;dr raising a fighting man isn't cheap. One way to get a pro-soldiers is to give that man a means to support himself while he's out and about being a soldier.

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A new breed of bigger, stronger horse made its way to Europe so armored cavalrymen so the people who could afford horses and full suits of armor suddenly became very important.

>>3075108
>Caesar shipped Alexander
>both Rome and Macedonia seeked war to find new land for their people
>the poor in romes case, Macedonia for soldiers
>Hellenic empire lasted two generations, Rome lasted more than a thousand
What did God mean by this

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>>3075108
>yfw tenant to a landed soldier and he fucks your wife every night.

>>3075144
>What did God mean by this
That Alexander was ultimately a dumbass.