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Aeneas Tacticus 5: How to find a good gate keeper.What does it take to find a gate keeper who will not be easily convinced (or bribed) to collaborate with the enemy?
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5. Of Gate-sentries
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Given that Aeneas' greatest worry are potential traitors collaborating with the enemy (see especially 18, 20), gate keepers needed to be selected with special care. They need to be loyal, but they also needed to be alert to attempts of smuggling messages or dangerous goods into the city, as is pointed out in several passages (esp. 28, see also 29, 30, 31.35). |
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created 14/02/2010 - updated 14/02/2010
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