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This category contains military leaders of Ancient Greece. See also. Category:Ancient Macedonian generals; ... Pages in category "Ancient Greek generals"
Chares of Athens (Ancient Greek: Χάρης ὁ Ἀθηναῖος) was a 4th-century BC Athenian military commander , who for a number of years was one of Athens's foremost commanders. He was also a well connected politician enabling him to procure the commands he desired, commands he primarily used to enrich himself and his adherents.
The hoplite was an infantryman, the central element of warfare in Ancient Greece. The word hoplite (Greek ὁπλίτης, hoplitēs) derives from hoplon (ὅπλον, plural hopla, ὅπλα) meaning the arms carried by a hoplite [1] Hoplites were the citizen-soldiers of the Ancient Greek City-states (except Spartans who were professional ...
Bust of Pericles, statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens; Hadrianic Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of c. 400 BC. Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (Greek: στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning 'army leader') is used in Greek to mean military general.
Pages in category "Ancient Athenian generals" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Ancient Greek generals (9 C, 103 P) H. Hellenic Army generals (3 C, 48 P) ... Pages in category "Greek generals" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of ...
Olympiodoros (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπιόδωρος) was a military leader in Athens in ancient Greece. His capacity as a savior of Athens and his self-confident power and serious engagement during political crises were emphasized. He was elected Strategos. [1]
The military tactics of Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC) have been widely regarded as evidence that he was one of the greatest generals in history. During the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), won against the Athenian and Theban armies, and the battles of Granicius (334 BC) and of Issus (333 BC), won against the Achaemenid Persian army of Darius III, Alexander employed the so-called "hammer ...