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Its soldiers were poorly paid, sometimes participating in some spoils of looting, which they usually wasted. If they survived their service, they were given a land grant of a small farm, but this gave them subsistence, not wealth.

Their generals took the major spoils, taking the money from the sale of prisoners as slaves. They had the responsibility of ensuring their soldiers got their land grants.

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