 Complete the following phrase:  Another point of interest is the presence of the word suodales Classical Latin sodales. In historic times, this word referred to a member of a sodalitas, a religious fraternity or brotherhood who met for ritual meals or as a burial organization. Since the suod- element in suodales is cognate with the English word swear, writes Gary Forsythe, the term suggests that some kind of oath was taken, binding the members of the group together in a common purpose. Forsythe uses this and that this was a dedication to Mars to suggest this indicates the existence of an armed group of sworn followers, similar to the war bands led by Homeric heroes, the warlike aristocratic companions of the Macedonian kings during the classical period, and the war bands surrounding the Celtic and Germanic chieftains described by Caesar and Tacitus. Forsythe notes this puts a new light on the account of the 