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A polemarch (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə ˌ m ɑːr k /, from Ancient Greek: πολέμαρχος, polemarchos) was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states . The title is derived from the words polemos (war) and archon (ruler, leader) and translates as "warleader" or "warlord".
Attica (Greek: Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or Attikī́, Ancient Greek: [atːikɛ̌ː] or Modern:), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.
The fort was captured in 1813 by Sikhs from the Afghans by Dewan Mokham Chand. In the 1830s, the Sikhs strengthened the fort by constructing 'very high and massy bastions' at each gate. [2] The British took over the fort in 1849, following the annexation of Punjab. [3] After the Partition of India, Pakistan Army took control of the fort. [4]
Attica (/ ˈ æ t ɪ k ə / AT-ih-kə; Greek: Περιφέρεια Αττικής, romanized: Periféria Attikís, [periˈferi.a atiˈcis]) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, the core city of which is the country's capital and largest city, Athens.
A 1777 map depicting Lake Champlain and the upper Hudson River. In 1755, following the Battle of Lake George, the French decided to construct a fort here. Marquis de Vaudreuil, the governor of the French Province of Canada, sent his cousin Michel Chartier de Lotbinière to design and construct a fortification at this militarily important site, which the French called Fort Carillon. [9]
Governor of US Virgin Islands; 6th Grand Polemarch; 4th Laurel Wreath laureate; [26] Lionel Artis: Nu: Indianapolis civil servant and administrator; past Editor of the Kappa Alpha Psi Journal; 8th Laurel Wreath laureate [26] Nelson B. Bascome: Alpha Iota: Minister of Health and Member of Parliament, Bermuda [30] John A. Bell: Philander Smith ...
The "Dan Crozier Building", at USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland. The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID; / j uː ˈ s æ m r ɪ d /) is the United States Army's main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare.
In addition to the 14-inch guns, Fort Hughes also had four 12-inch (305 mm) mortars, two 6-inch (152 mm) disappearing guns, and two 3-inch (76 mm) guns. Fort Frank also had eight 12-inch mortars and two 3-inch guns. [5] Fort Wint was completed in 1910, on Grande Island at the mouth of Subic Bay, at some distance from the other fort.