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Athanatoi (Ancient Gr****: Ἀθάνατοι) or
Athanati literally mean "immortals", and may
refer to:
Immortals (Achaemenid Empire)
Immortals (Sasanian Empire)...
- The
Immortals (Gr****: Ἀθάνατοι,
Athanatoi) were one of the
elite tagmata military units of the
Byzantine Empire,
first raised during the late 10th century...
-
Immortals (Gr****: Ἀθάνατοι
Athánatoi), or
Persian Immortals, was the name
given by the Gr****
historian Herodotus to a 10,000-strong unit of
elite heavy...
- the
Gauls had
adopted this
method of
fighting by
copying the
Persian Athanatoi elite force with the
difference that
while the
Persians waited until after...
- I
Tzimiskes (r. 969–976)
created a
heavy cataphract corps called the
Athanatoi (Ἀθάνατοι, the "Immortals")
after the
ancient Achaemenid unit,
which were...
- disciplined. It
contained formidable guards units such as the Varangians, the
Athanatoi, a unit of
heavy cavalry stationed in Constantinople, the Vardariotai...
-
portion in life, lot, destiny, (μοῖραv ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι, moîran éthēken
athánatoi, "the
immortals fixed the destiny"),
death (μοῖρα θανάτοιο, moîra thanátoio...
- Poimin), ? A look on life (Mia
matia sti zoi), 1924 The
immortals (Oi
athanatoi), 1943
Kipriaki Vivliographia, Larnaca,
Kyriazi N.G. 1935, page 188 Pavlos...
-
special marine unit, and John I
Tzimiskes created a
corps called the
Athanatoi (Gr. Ἀθάνατοι, the "Immortals")
after the old
Persian unit. At the beginning...
-
elite unit(s) in the
Sasanian army. The "Immortals" (Gr****: Ἀθάνατοι
Athanatoi) is a name used by
Roman historians of the Roman-Persian Wars to refer...
