=== Bizantium ===
{{Main|Pasukan Abadi (Bizantium)}}
Pada masa [[Kekaisaran Bizantium]], nama Pasukan Abadi digunakan sebagai nama pasukan yang terdiri dari orang-orang bangsawan dan pada awalnya dibentuk oleh kaisar [[Yohanes I Tzimiskes]] untuk melawan [[bangsa Rus']].<ref name=ODB>{{cite book |first = Alexander (Ed.) |last = Kazhdan |title = Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium |publisher = Oxford University Press |year = 1991 |isbn = 978-0-19-504652-6 |page=220}}</ref> Para sedadunya disebutkan mengenakan baju zirah dari emas dan perak.<ref>Raffaele D'Amato, ''The Eastern Romans 330-1461 AD'', hlm. 46</ref> Pasukan ini kemungkinan dibubarkan tidak lama setelah itu. Namun di kemudian hari, Pasukan Abadi dibentuk kembali di bawah kekuasaan kaisar [[Mikhael VII Doukas]] (1071–1081).<ref name=ODB/><ref>Steven Runciman, ''Byzantine Civilisation''</ref> Jenderalnya, [[Nikephoritzes|Nikephoros]], mereorganisir pasukan daerah tengah ("Tagmata") di Kekaisaran Bizantium seiring [[Pertempuran Manzikert|kekalahan di Manzikert]] oleh [[Bangsa Turki|Turki]] pada 1071. Sisa-sisa pasukan provinsi di Themes (provinsi militer) dikumpulkan kembali dalam resimen Garda Imperial baru bernama Pasukan Abadi Persia dan dilaporkan berjumlah sekitar 10.000 prajurit.<ref>Ian Heath, ''Byzantine Armies''</ref> Kemungkinan Pasukan Abadi ini dibubarkan pada tahun 1200.<ref name=ODB/>
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