-
armed forces of the city-state. In
Modern Gr****,
polemarchos means warlord. In Athens, the
polemarchos was one of nine
annually appointed archontes (ἄρχοντες)...
- the
polemarchos had a
casting vote, and one view
among modern scholars is that he was the commander-in-chief; but from 486
onwards the
polemarchos, like...
-
position in
Athenian society,
alongside the
archon eponymos and the
polemarchos. The
archon basileus was
charged with
overseeing the
organisation of...
- as "general".
Originally these generals worked together with the old
polemarchos ("warlord") but over time the
latter figure was
absorbed into the generalship:...
- vote
implies that the
position of
polemarchos was an
equal to a
strategos or that of a commander-in-chief. The
polemarchos'
military responsibilities continued...
- by a generals' council. The commander-in-chief was
usually called a
polemarchos or a
strategos autocrator.
Hoplite phalanxes usually deplo**** in ranks...
- none is
specifically do****ented in the
scant literary materials), and a
polemarchos to head the army.
During Bacchiad rule from 747 to 650 BC,
Corinth became...
- late 8th
century BC
there were
three archons: the
archon eponymos, the
polemarchos (originally with a
military role,
which was
transferred to the ten strategoi...
- none is
specifically do****ented in the
scant literary materials) and a
polemarchos to head the army. In 657 BCE, the
Bacchiadae were
expelled in turn by...
- 144 men
under a lochagos. Four
lochoi formed a mora of 576 men
under a
polemarchos, the
Spartan army's
largest single tactical unit. Six
morai composed...
