Hipparchus (cavalry officer)

Military title in ancient Greece

Hipparchus, anglicized hipparch (Greek: ἵππαρχος, romanized: hipparchos), was the title of an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a hipparchia (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units were commanded by an epihipparchos.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Peck, Harry Thurston (1896). Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. Harper. p. 821.