sentences:  From the 5th century forwards the Armenians were regarded as the main constituent of the Byzantine army.Procopius recounts that the "scholarii", the palace guards of the emperor, "were selected from amongst the bravest Armenians".Armenian soldiers in the Byzantine army are cited during the following centuries, especially during the 9th and the 10th centuries, which might have been the period of greatest participation of the Armenians in the Byzantine army.