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Charidemus
Greek mercenary
Xenophon, statue in front of the parliament building in Vienna.
Xenophon
Greek historian
Cid, the
El Cid
Castilian military leader
Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Russia-Ukraine War
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian oligarch
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Ernst, count von Mansfeld
German general
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Pedro Navarro, count de Olivetto
Spanish military engineer and general
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Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
German soldier
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Jean III de Grailly, lord de Buch
French soldier
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Sir John Hawkwood
Anglo-Italian mercenary
Albert II Alcibiades, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist
Albert II Alcibiades
margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
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Sir John Fastolf
English military officer
Hans Waldmann
Hans Waldmann
Swiss leader
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Roger de Flor
Sicilian mercenary
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Christopher, count of Oldenburg
German soldier
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Chabrias
Greek mercenary
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Wilhelm, baron von Knyphausen
German general