Polemarch
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A polemarch (pl: polemarchoi, English: Warleader) was a high-ranking military title within various poleis across the ancient Greek world, serving under the strategos.[1]
Physically imposing and heavily 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.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
In 429 BCE, at least one polemarch was stationed in Makedonia, where he and his detachment allied with the Order of the Ancients to hunt down Kassandra, a misthios and "Tainted One" that the Order regarded as a threat. Incidentally, Darius and his son Natakas also happened to be hiding in the region and, after the Spartans and the Ancients captured the latter, Darius fought the polemarch upon his return to his and Natakas' camp, ultimately killing the commander.[2]