Hilarious. Maybe don't assume that because someone is an ancient historian they didn't, oh I don't know, do a field in medieval history as a grad student. Also, great shade at antiquity. What in the world?https://twitter.com/marauder2048/status/1300538995743404032 …
Also, milites definately means just members of the military aristocracy (read: 'knights') in some sources. Off the top of my head, Dhuoda of Uzes uses it this way.
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That's arguably the primary way it's used in medieval sources, that or "horseman." It's a pretty interesting study, although I'd hardly call it "really fraught" as this fellow did, or any impediment to calling servicemembers milites if the itch struck.
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That was my impression - I just didn't want to pronounce so boldly. I vaguely recalled seeing milites in place of equites in the first crusade sources I've read, but that was years ago. Dhuoda was what I had to mind.
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