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<blockquote data-quote="DrSkull" data-source="post: 4362289" data-attributes="member: 3718">In the late Roman empire there were a class of &quot;postal inspectors&quot; called the &quot;Agentes in Rebus&quot; or &quot;Agents in Matters&quot; who were on the surface supposed to watch over the maintenance of the road system, but acted as the government's secret agents.In the Republic and Early Empire, each governor would have a group of assistants called &quot;Comites&quot; or &quot;Companions&quot; he could use for any sort of official business.&nbsp; In the Late Empire, this term became used for the senior generals of the empire, and is the origin of the noble title &quot;Count&quot;.In the late empire soldiers being trained for advanced command posts were forwarded to a special regiment, and each was given the title &quot;Protector&quot;In Dark Age England, the warriors of a earl or king were called &quot;Thanes&quot; or &quot;Thegns&quot;.&nbsp; That is&nbsp; a reasonably cool sounding word that doesn't overlap with a modern title, the way that Agentes, Comites, or Protector do.A man whom a Roman aristocrat would appoint as a steward or manager over an important estate, or the Emperor would appoint over a small, unimportant province, was called a Procurator.You might also use the military rank of Tribune, which was roughly a commanded of 10000 men in the late Empire.In feudal terms: sergeants, wardens, or yeomen might be used for non-knighted military agents of some sort too.&nbsp; Yeah, &quot;sergeants of the Guard&quot; or something close might be just what you want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrSkull, post: 4362289, member: 3718"] In the late Roman empire there were a class of "postal inspectors" called the "[B]Agentes in Rebus[/B]" or "Agents in Matters" who were on the surface supposed to watch over the maintenance of the road system, but acted as the government's secret agents. In the Republic and Early Empire, each governor would have a group of assistants called "[B]Comites[/B]" or "Companions" he could use for any sort of official business. In the Late Empire, this term became used for the senior generals of the empire, and is the origin of the noble title "Count". In the late empire soldiers being trained for advanced command posts were forwarded to a special regiment, and each was given the title "[B]Protector[/B]" In Dark Age England, the warriors of a earl or king were called "[B]Thanes[/B]" or "Thegns". That is a reasonably cool sounding word that doesn't overlap with a modern title, the way that Agentes, Comites, or Protector do. A man whom a Roman aristocrat would appoint as a steward or manager over an important estate, or the Emperor would appoint over a small, unimportant province, was called a [B]Procurator.[/B] You might also use the military rank of [B]Tribune[/B], which was roughly a commanded of 10000 men in the late Empire. In feudal terms: [B]sergeants[/B], [B]wardens[/B], or [B]yeomen [/B]might be used for non-knighted military agents of some sort too. Yeah, "sergeants of the Guard" or something close might be just what you want. [/QUOTE]

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