 Egyptian documents also afford a good deal of illustration, as explained in Matthias Gelzer's "Studien zur byzantinischen Verwaltung Ägyptens", 42 sqq.These were charged with so many exactions, under color of their office, that Honorius dismissed them by law in 412.The laws of the Visigoths mention military "compulsors"; which were officers among the Goths, whose business was to oblige the tardy soldiers to go into the fight, to run an attack, etc.