page_title: Stratioti
hierarchical_section_title: Stratioti
caption_attribution_description: The Battle of Fornovo, showing Swiss mercenaries and Balkan light cavalry (Stradioti)
context_page_description: The stratioti or stradioti were mercenary units from the Balkans recruited mainly by states of southern and central Europe from the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century.
context_section_description: The stratioti or stradioti (Greek: στρατιώτες stratiotes; Albanian: Stratiotët; Italian: stradioti, stradiotti) were mercenary units from the Balkans recruited mainly by states of southern and central Europe from the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century.
caption: French painting of c. 1500 depicting stradioti of the Venetian Army at the Battle of Fornovo[1]
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