''Hipparchus'', anglicized hipparch ( gr, ἵππαρχος, hipparchos), was the title of an
ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...
officer, commanding a ''hipparchia'' (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units were commanded by an ''
epihipparchos
Epihipparch () is an Ancient Greek military title for a cavalry commander of 1,000 horses. They were powerful and respected. This unit was divided into two ''hipparchiai'' of 500. Each of these was commanded by a ''hipparchos
Hipparchus (; e ...
''.
Ancient Greek military terminology
Military ranks of ancient Greece
Military ranks of ancient Macedon
Cavalry
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