Tetrarch is a Greek term meaning "ruler of a quarter" for a holder of Imperial office under a Tetrarchy. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Tetrarchy ( Greek: "leadership of four " can be applied to any system of government where power is divided between four individuals It was applied earlier to rulers of minor principalities owing allegiance to Rome.
It can also refer, more loosely, to
- A provincial governor in a country composed of several smaller parts. A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government
- A subordinate or dependent prince, or petty sovereign. Prince, from the Latin root Princeps, is a general term for a Monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family and is a For example, the Tetrarchs of Roman Palestine, such as Herod Antipas, were tributary kings (Matt. The History of Palestine is the account of events in the greater geographic area in the Southern Levant known as Palestine, which includes not just the West Bank Herod Antipas (short for Antipatros (before 20 BC &ndash after AD 39) was a first century AD ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore the title 14:9).
- A Macedonian officer in charge of a unit associated with the number four (tetra), such as a quarter of a larger unit (such as a phalanx, or in one case a 'company' of 64 footmen), or comprising four smaller units (in one case 4 lochoi, each under a lochagos). Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most The phalanx (Ancient Greek φάλαγξ Modern Greek φάλαγγα phālanga (plural phalanxes or phalanges (Ancient and Modern Greek φάλαγγες
- A Roman military rank, similar to the previous Greek usage
- A British light tank of World War II, see Tetrarch tank
- Tetrarch (Well of Echoes), a book by Ian Irvine, part of the Well of Echoes series
References
- Encyclopedia, MS Encarta 2001, under article "Tetrarch". The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Tank classification is a Taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of Tanks The classification by role was used primarily during World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Tank Light Mk VII Tetrarch I was a British light tank produced during the Second World War, initially for the reconnaissance role but later for Tetrarch is the second novel in Ian Irvine 's The Well of Echoes quartet Ian Irvine (born 1950 is an Australian Fantasy /eco- thriller author and marine scientist. The Well of Echoes is a quartet of novels written by Ian Irvine and is the second arc of The Three Worlds Cycle series
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