The Paramonai () were an obscure Byzantine guard regiment of the Palaiologan period.
The Paramonai () were an obscure Byzantine guard regiment of the Palaiologan period.
The name derives from the Greek verb παραμένω, meaning "to stand near something". Unlike other major guard units in the Palaiologan army like the Varangian Guard, the regiment of the Paramonai was a native Byzantine formation, although little else is known about it. Its existence is safely attested in the literary sources only for the period from 1272 until 1315.
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