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Strategos
Greek military leader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the genus of beetles, see Strategus (genus). For the board game, see Stratego. For the wargame, see Strategos (game).
Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (Greek: στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general. In the Hellenistic world and the Eastern Roman Empire the term was also used to describe a military governor. In the modern Hellenic Army, it is the highest officer rank.
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