-
three classes of standard-bearers: the bandophoroi, sēmeiophoroi and
doukiniatores. As with the
other tagmata, the
exact size of the unit and its subdivisions...
- (σημειοφόροι, "bearers of an insigne", cf. the Late
Roman semafori), and the
doukiniatores (δουκινιάτορες,
again a
corruption of the
Latin ducenarii of the Late...