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<!-- generated: provider=openrouter model=arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free date=2026-02-19 source=book-5-chapter-01 -->
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# Militia
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## Definition
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A military force composed of ordinary citizens who serve part-time, maintaining their civilian occupations while periodically training for military service, funded primarily through their own subsistence rather than state pay.
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## Source Chapter
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Book V, Chapter 1
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## Context
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One of two methods for providing public defence, contrasted with standing armies, representing the traditional form of military organisation in early societies where citizens maintained their own equipment and subsistence.
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## Economic Domain
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Regulation
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