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χῑλιαρχ-ία

chiliarchia · ἡ

office, post, tribunus militum

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  • Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
  • Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
  • Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

office, post

office or post of χιλίαρχος, X. Cyr. 4.1.4.

2 tribunus militum

office of tribunus militum Plu. Cam. 38, al., D.C. 59.29; ἀπὸ τριῶν χ., = Lat. tribus militiis, IGRom. 4.1204 (Thyatira).

II unit under the command of a χιλίαρχος, corps of 1024 men

unit under the command of a χιλίαρχος, corps of 1024 men, Ascl. Tact. 2.10, Ael. Tact. 9.6, Arr. Tact. 10.5.

2

= χιλιάς, LXX Nu. 31.48, 1 Ma. 5.13.

3

Persian military district, AJA 16.13 (Sardis, iv/iii B. C.).

III

= χιλιετηρίς, applied to work by Asinius Quadratus, St.Byz. s.v. Ὀξύβιοι (cf. χιλιάς II).

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