- chiliarchs
- n. body comprised of a thousand men; (in Ancient Greece) military leader of 1000 men
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Chiliarch — (Greek: χιλίαρχος, meaning commander of a thousand ), in the Greek army of the Hellenistic period, was a commander of a 1,000 men unit, roughly equivalent to a modern battalion. The office was an adaptation by Alexander the Great of the Persian… … Wikipedia
