Chiliarch

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Chiliarch, in the Greek army of the Hellenistic period, was a commander of a 1,000 men platoon. The office was an adaptation by Alexander the Great of the Persian Achaemenid empire's hazarapatish. A chiliarch held duties both martial and civil.

Alexander the Great first awarded this rank to Hephaestion Amyntoros, but after Hephaestion's death it was awarded to Perdiccas.

[edit] See also

• Byzantine battle tactics, kontarion
• Chiliarchy - dictionary definition
• Glossary of Greek Military Positions