There's still some remnant of this aristocratic private army in Britain today, called the Atholl Highlanders. I think it's crazy that this still exists in a Western country to this day.<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atholl_Highlanders" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atholl_Highlanders</a>
Very interesting to read about their recurring problems caused by too-powerful aristocrats or ill-behaved <i>iuvenes</i>...and to consider the parallels to current-day social problems.
Did I miss anything besides the pedantic discussion around the term "state", was the answer to the question of how to raise armies simply "excess youths"?