Brennus Big Book (help needed)

[stratigos vasilios]

That's funny, I knew someone named Vasil when I was a kid. We Armenians still put that name. Is it of Roman origin?

Actually I'm not too sure, I'm thinking it originated from the name Basil (with origins in the Medieval-Byzantine-Eastern Roman era). I guess you could maybe argue it could potentially be (Eastern) Roman. A friend of mine (who has a Russian heritage) spells his name Vasilly but I've seen it spelt Vassilij too. I'm guessing Vasil would be a similar branch of the name Basil as well.

Ah, the joy of language and names!