Phrourarch or Phrourarchos is a Greek military title, meaning garrison commander. Athenians controlled their overseas empire with the

episcopi ''Episkopoi'' ( grc, ἐπίσκοποι, sing. , ''episkopos'', literally "overseer"), Latinized ''episcopus''/''episcopi'', were inspectors who were sometimes sent by the Athenians to subject states. Harpocration compares them to the Lacedaemoni ...

and phrourarchs. The term was widely used by the

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

and later Hellenistic armies. Regarding the Spartans, it is not clear if phrourarch was the specific

Spartan Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...

term. Phroura (garrison) is reported to be a Spartan term for 'a small mobile or expeditionary force'.The Peloponnesian War: a military study By John Francis Lazenby Page 264 The title for the governor of the garrisoned cities under the

Spartan hegemony The polis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Lat ...

was

harmost Harmost ( el, , "joiner" or "adaptor") was a Spartan term for a military governor. The Spartan general Lysander instituted several harmosts during the period of Spartan hegemony after the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. They were sent int ...

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*From Cyrus to Alexander By Pierre Briant, Eisenbrauns Page 75 *The administration of the Ptólemaic possessions outside Egypt By Roger S. Bagnall Page 50 *Aspects of Greek history, 750-323 BC By Terry Buckley Page 289 *The Athenian empire By Russell Meiggs pages 113 212 214 Ancient Greek titles Military ranks of ancient Greece Military ranks of Greece Military ranks of ancient Macedon Macedonia (ancient kingdom) Athenian Empire {{AncientGreek-lang-stub