Gasmouloi
The Gasmouloi (singular: Gasmoulos; Greek: γασμοῦλοι, singular: γασμοῦλος) or Vasmouloi (singular: Vasmoulos; Greek: βασμοῦλοι, singular: βασμοῦλος) were the descendants of mixed Byzantine Greek and "Latin" (West European, most often Italian) unions during the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire. As the Gasmouloi were enrolled as marines in the Byzantine navy by Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (r.