When the Roman Empire had been conquered, these retinues of the kings formed the second main stock, after the unfree and the Roman courtiers, from which the later nobility was drawn.

• 在罗马帝国被征服以后，国王们的这种扈从兵，就同非自由人和罗马人出身的宫廷奴仆一起，成了后来的贵族的第二个主要组成部分。