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What did mercenaries do when they weren't being hired or used for war? Where they farmers or bandits? Did they have permanent/nomadic camps set up? Was it even legal for so many people to be armed if they weren't employed by a nation/kingdom?

by /u/Nazi_Marxist in /r/AskHistorians

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