CHILIARCH

'Chiliarch'. Commander of 1,000 men. The Hellenistic office was an adaptation by Alexander the Great of the Persian Achaemenid empire's ''hazarapatish''. A chiliarch held duties both martial and civil.
Alexander the Great first awarded this rank to Hephaestion Amyntoros, but after Hephaestion's death it was awarded to Perdiccas.

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Byzantine battle tactics, ''kontarion''

Chiliarchy - dictionary definition

Glossary of Greek Military Positions

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