Note 145 — Chapter VI
Reading edition
The word in the decree is “militare,” but this term appears to be applied to civil duties as well as military. Vide Suicer, sub v. στρατεύειν. The Egyptian monks, however, do seem to have been specially forced into the army. De Broglie, v. 303; Gibbon, iv.; Milman, History of Christianity, iii. 47.