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Comitatus was a Germanic friendship structure that compelled kings to rule in consultation with their warriors , forming a warband .. Germanic. Germanic peoples. The comitatus , as described in the Roman historian Tacitus 's treatise Germania -LRB- 98 .. Roman. Roman Empire. Tacitus. Tacitus. Germania. Germania ( book ). AD -RRB- , is the bond existing between a Germanic warrior and his Lord , ensuring that neither leaves the field of battle before the other .. Germanic. Germanic peoples. The translation is as follows  :. Comitatus , being the agreement between a Germanic lord and his subservients -LRB- his Gefolge or host of followers -RRB- , is a special case of clientage and the direct source of the practice of feudalism .. Germanic. Germanic peoples. clientage. clientage. feudalism. feudalism. Partly influenced by the Roman practice , exemplified in the Marian Reforms initiated by Gaius Marius , of a general distributing land to his officers after their retirement , the Germanic comitatus eventually evolved into a wholesale exchange between a social superior and inferior .. Roman. Roman Empire. Germanic. Germanic peoples. Marian Reforms. Marian Reforms. Gaius Marius. Gaius Marius. Comitatus is an Indo-European concept that predates Roman times and was practiced from Western Europe to China , especially among Eur-Asian Steppe tribes .. Roman. Roman Empire. Indo-European. Proto-Indo-European society. The social inferior -LRB- in Feudalism , the Vassal -RRB- would pledge military service and protection to the superior -LRB- Lord -RRB- .. Feudalism. Feudalism. Vassal. Vassal. In return , the superior would reward the inferior with land , compensation , or privileges .. The Germanic term for the comitatus is reconstructed as * druhtiz , with Old English forms dryht and druht , and Scandinavian drott .. Germanic. Germanic peoples. Old English. Old English. Scandinavian. Scandinavian languages