Strategos - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Strategos: Encyclopedia Ii - Strategos - The Office Of Strategos In Athenian Democracy
From 501 BC the Athenian democracy elected ten generals elected each year, one for each of the ten democratic 'tribes'. Originally the ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia - Governor
A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. See Governor (device). A governor is a governing official, usually in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy: Encyclopedia - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy
The Byzantine Empire had a complex system of aristocracy and bureaucracy. Most of the offices and titles were honorifics only, as the emp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy
The Athenian democracy (sometimes called classical democracy) was the democratic system developed in the Greek city-state of Athens (comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - British Empire And Commonwealth
In the British Empire a governor was originally an official appointed by the British monarch to oversee one of his colonies. Generally of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bean Character: Encyclopedia Ii - Bean Character - Ender's Shadow
Bean was born in Rotterdam as the result of an illegal experiment in genetic engineering conducted by a scientist named Volescu. In the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Criticism Of The Democracy
Athenian democracy has had many critics, both ancient and modern. Modern critics are more likely to find fault with the narrow definition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - British Empire And Commonwealth
In the British Empire a governor was originally an official appointed by the British monarch to oversee one of his colonies. Generally of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - General: Encyclopedia Ii - General - General Ranks By Seniority
The following are the commoner modern grades of General, listed by seniority. Not all countries use all these ranks, although the lowest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy - Aristocratic Titles
Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy - Imperial titles. Basileus (Βασιλεύς)– the Greek word for "king," which originally re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Roman Empires And Legacy
Governor - In ancient Rome. From the creation of the earliest Roman subject provinces a governor was appointed each year to administer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bean Character: Encyclopedia Ii - Bean Character - Shadow Of The Hegemon
Bean's tranquil life with the Delphikis is short-lived. When the family is on vacation, Achilles, who between the two books has used his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Roman Empires And Legacy
Governor - In ancient Rome. Main articles: Roman Governor, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bean Character: Encyclopedia Ii - Bean Character - Shadow Of The Giant
In this novel, Bean is around sixteen years old (the age is unknown because Volescu destroyed all of his records). Anton's Key has made h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Modern Equivalents
As a GENERIC term, Governor is used for various 'equivalent' officers governing part of a state or empire, rendering other official title...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Other Modern Asian Countries
Governor - People's Republic of China. In the People's Republic of China, the title "Governor" (省长) refers to the highest ranking e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Officeholders
Citizens active as office holders served in a quite different capacity from when they voted in the assembly or served as jurors. The asse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy - Military Titles
Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy - Army. Exarchos - The exarchs were governors of remote parts of the empire such as Italy or Afr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Main Bodies Of Governance
There were three political bodies where citizens gathered in numbers running into the hundreds or thousands. These are the assembly (in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Participation And Exclusion
Athenian democracy - Size and make-up of the Athenian population. The population of Attica can only be roughly guessed at as the Atheni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athenian Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Athenian Democracy - Overview
Athenian democracy - Assembly. The central events of the Athenian democracy were the meetings of the assembly or ekklesia. Unlike a par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Other European Countries And Empires
Governor - Benelux monarchies. In the Netherlands, the government-appointed heads of the provinces were known as Gouverneur from 1814 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Byzantine Aristocracy And Bureaucracy - Administrative Titles
The vast Byzantine bureaucracy had many titles, and varied more than aristocratic and military titles. In Constantinople there were norma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Other Modern Countries In The Americas
Governor - United States. In the United States, the title governor refers to the chief executive of each state, not directly subordinat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Other Colonial Empires
See: Danish colonial empire Dutch colonial empire French colonial empire German colonial empire etc. Italian empire Portuguese empire Sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Russia And Former Soviet Union
-Empress Catherine the Great reorganized - A special case was the Chinese Eastern Railroad Zone, which was governed as a concession gran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor - Pre-roman Empires
Although the legal and administrative framework of provinces, each administrated by a governor, was created by the Romans, the term gover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strategos: Encyclopedia Ii - Strategos - Modern Use
In the modern Hellenic Army, strategos is the highest officer rank. All but one of the other Greek general officer ranks are derivations ...   » Read the article