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A '''polemarch''' (pl: ''polemarchoi'', English: ''Warleader'') was a high-ranking military title within various ''[[poleis]]'' across the [[Greece|ancient Greek world]], serving under the ''[[strategos]]''. | A '''polemarch''' (pl: ''polemarchoi'', English: ''Warleader'') was a high-ranking military title within various ''[[Polis|poleis]]'' across the [[Greece|ancient Greek world]], serving under the ''[[strategos]]''. | ||
Physically imposing and heavily armed and armored, a ''polemarch'' was typically responsible for commanding a fort's garrison, or for leading a local military force. As such, their deaths would deal a sizeable blow to a given region's nation power. | Physically imposing and heavily armed and armored, a ''polemarch'' was typically responsible for commanding a fort's garrison, or for leading a local military force. As such, their deaths would deal a sizeable blow to a given region's nation power. | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 19 April 2019
A polemarch (pl: polemarchoi, English: Warleader) was a high-ranking military title within various poleis across the ancient Greek world, serving under the strategos.
Physically imposing and heavily armed and armored, a polemarch was typically responsible for commanding a fort's garrison, or for leading a local military force. As such, their deaths would deal a sizeable blow to a given region's nation power.