Re: PA availability, was: [semi OT] Women wargamers

 ---- john atkins wrote: 
> You wrote: 
> >> i was thinking an american would. in particular, i would have 
> thought >john atkinson would whip out his byzantine coppers and prove 
> me wrong.

> Excubitores were military elements of Imperial Guard,
[etc]

thank you john! i was almost ready to lose faith in you.

of course, it all depends on your definition of 'police'. i think peel's
innovation was more to do with putting detection and uniform together
under civil authority, but i'm not sure. all societies must have had
some sort of law enforcement; whether you call them police or not is a
matter of semantics, not history.

Tom

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