• Harmost (from Ancient Greek ἁρμοστής (harmostḗs) 'joiner, adaptor') was a Spartan term for a military governor. The Spartan general Lysander instituted...
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  • (Greek: Θίβρων; died 391 BC) was a Spartan general. He was sent out as harmost in 400 BC, with an army of about 5,000 men, composed of 1,000 emancipated...
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  • 5th century BC), tyrant Cleander of Sparta (fl. 5th to 4th century BC), harmost Cleander of Macedon (fl. 4th century), general Cleander of Aegina (fl....
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    the Delian League and fight against Athens, at which time he was made harmost (commander/governor) of Abydos. A Spartan fleet was defeated by Athens...
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    Coeratades; and Anaxibius issued a proclamation, subsequently acted on by the harmost Aristarchus, that all of Cyrus's soldiers found in Byzantium should be...
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  • which would mean that it had a Spartan garrison and a military governor (a harmost). In History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 5, Chapters 84–116), the contemporary...
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    that like other liberated islands, it received a military governor (a harmost). The cultural distinctiveness of Melos faded away as it was absorbed into...
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  • force, such as a military governor (an early example being the Spartan Harmost).[citation needed] In early modern Europe, a single person was often monarch...
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  • for the governor of the garrisoned cities under the Spartan hegemony was harmost. Aspects of Greek history, 750-323 BC By Terry Buckley Page 289 ISBN 0-415-09958-7...
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  • recorded by Xenophon in his Memorabilia (2.7.) Aristarchus of Sparta, harmost of Byzantium in 400 BC Aristarchus (physician), royal physician to the...
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