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The only substantial military force at the immediate disposal of the emperor was the elite Praetorian Guard of c. 10,000 men which was based in Rome. [12] The senior officers of the army were, until the 3rd century, mainly from the Italian aristocracy.
The Imperial Roman Army was the military land force of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 476 AD, [1] ... In retirement, ... in age, rank and experience.
The German Army in the First World War: Uniforms and Equipment, 1914 to 1918. Militaria Verlag. ISBN 978-3950164268. Somers, Johan (2004). Imperial German Field Uniforms And Equipment 1907-1918, Volume 2. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0764322624. Somers, Johan (2007). Imperial German Field Uniforms And Equipment 1907-1918, Volume 3 ...
This article lists the military ranks and the rank insignia used in the French Imperial Army. Officers and the most senior non-commissioned rank had rank insignia in the form of epaulettes, sergeants and corporals in the form of stripes or chevrons on the sleeves.
The Table of Ranks (Russian: Табель о рангах, romanized: Tabel' o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of Imperial Russia. Peter the Great introduced the system in 1722 while engaged in a struggle with the existing hereditary nobility , or boyars .
The Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army were the rank insignia of the Imperial Japanese Army, used from its creation in 1868, ... Japanese Military Uniforms 1841-1929.
The Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces were the military ranks used by the Imperial Russian Army and the Imperial Russian Navy. Many of the ranks were derived from the German model. [1] The ranks were abolished following the Russian Revolution, with the Red Army adopting an entirely different system.
Military retirement in the United States is a system of benefits designed to improve the quality and retention of personnel recruited to and retained within the United States military. These benefits are technically not a veterans pension , but a retainer payment, as retired service members are eligible to be reactivated.