mercenarii

Updated: July 9, 2025

Such a person was Charidemus, a native of Oreus in Euboea, who commenced his career as captain of a pirate vessel. He was often in the service of Athens, but did her more harm than good. See my article Mercenarii, Arch. Probably it was some authority or privileges in those cities, not the actual dominion, that was conferred upon him.

Demosthenes - The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes : Literally translated with notes

The Grecian Thetes also were of this description, as well as those among the Romans, from whom the class receives its appellation, the Mercenarii. We may observe of the above-mentioned, that their situation was in many instances similar to that of our own servants.

Thomas Clarkson - An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African: Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions