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GCSE Classics · key term
A senior Spartan military officer who received orders from the campaigning king; in Xenophon’s later description, the commander of a mora.
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Paper 5
Revise: The Spartan Command Structure and Non-Citizen RolesThucydides describes the king giving instructions to the polemarchs, who passed them to the lochagoi, then to the penteconters, then to the enomotarchs, and finally to the soldiers in the enomotiai.
When evaluating command, connect an advantage or limitation to evidence: orders passed quickly through officers, but two polemarchs disobeyed Agis at Mantinea.
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