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chiliarches

chiliarches · m

a commander of

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Where it lives

Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

chīlĭarchēs — Lewis & Short

chīlĭarchēs, ae, or chīlĭarchus, i, m., = xilia/rxhs or xili/arxos,

I a commander of 1000 soldiers, a chiliarch, Curt. 5. 2, 2. Also in gen., a head of 1000 persons, Cod. Th. 16, 10, 20, § 4.—

II Among the Persians, the highest officer of state next to the king, chancellor of state, Nep. Con. 3, 2.

In the wild

chiliarchas Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 5.2.3

Where it came from

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