Medieval bodyguards

Byzantine emperor from 867 to 886

elite unit of the Byzantine Army from the 10th to 14th century

Stotzas (Greek: Στότζας), also Stutias, Theophanes writes him Tzotzas (Τζότζας), was an East Roman (Byzantine) soldier and leader of a military rebellion in the Praetorian prefecture of Africa in the 530s. Stotzas attempted to establish Africa as a separate state and had been chosen by the rebelling soldiers as their leader. Nearly succeeding in taking Carthage, Stotzas was defeated at the Battle of the River Bagradas by Belisarius and fled into Numidia, where he regrouped. After another attempt at taking control of Africa, Stotzas was defeated by Germanus in 537 and fled with some of his foll

thumb|right|Gold signet ring of John, imperial spatharios, 10th century The spatharii or spatharioi (singular: ; , literally "spatha-bearer") were a class of Late Roman imperial bodyguards in the court in Constantinople in the 5th–6th centuries, later becoming a purely honorary dignity in the Byzantine Empire.

thumb|Seal of Niketas, and of the Cibyrrhaeots (10th/11th century) ' (), Latinized as ', was a mid-ranking Byzantine court dignity used in the 7th–11th centuries.

The Manglabites or Manglavites (, manglabitai; sing. μαγ[γ]λαβίτης, manglabitēs) were a corps of bodyguards in the Byzantine Empire.

Palman (Serbian Cyrillic: , ; fl. 1310-1363) was a German noble (dominus), knight, and mercenary commander of the Alemannic Guard in the Serbian Imperial army of one of the most prolific European rulers of its time, Dušan the Mighty (r.1331–1355).

personal bodyguards of the Caliphs

military unit