• magistrate in various Greek city states was called eponymous archon (ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων, epōnymos archōn). "Archon" (ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες, archontes) means "ruler"...
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    official (limmu). In ancient Greece, the eponymous archon was the highest magistrate in classical Athens. Eponymous archons served a term of one year which took...
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  • Megacles (category Eponymous archons)
    a legendary archon of Athens from 922 BC to 892 BC. The second Megacles was a member of the Alcmaeonidae family, and the archon eponymous in 632 BC when...
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    Archon basileus (Ancient Greek: ἄρχων βασιλεύς, árchōn basileús) was a Greek title, meaning "king magistrate"; the term is derived from the words archon...
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    "the archon", without further precision), who gave his name to the year. It was the highest political office in the city-state. The eponymous archon probably...
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    Hadrian (category Eponymous archons)
    travelled to Greece; he was granted Athenian citizenship and was appointed eponymous archon of Athens for a brief time (in 112). The Athenians awarded him a statue...
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  • Hippocleides (category Eponymous archons)
    of Teisander (Τείσανδρος), was an Athenian nobleman, who served as Eponymous Archon for the year 566 BC – 565 BC. He was a member of the Philaidae, a wealthy...
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    Cleisthenes (category Eponymous archons)
    Pisistratus' death in 527 BC, Cleisthenes returned to Athens and became the eponymous archon. A few years later, Pisistratus' successors, Hipparchus and Hippias...
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    Domitian (category Eponymous archons)
    Domitian (/dəˈmɪʃən, -iən/, də-MISH-ən, -⁠ee-ən; Latin: Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian...
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    Miltiades the Younger rose through the ranks of Athens to become eponymous archon under the rule of the Peisistratid tyrant Hippias in 524/23 BC. Miltiades...
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