Sacred band

Sacred band

Sacred Band can refer to one of the elite military units of the ancient world:

*Sacred Band of Thebes
* Sacred Band of Carthage
* Sacred Band Cavalry

In modern Greek history, the name has been used to denote two military units:

* Sacred Band (1821) of the Greek War of Independence
*Sacred Band (World War II)


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  • Sacred Band (World War II) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Sacred Band caption=Badge of the Sacred Band, worn on the right breast pocket country=Greece size=Battalion, later Regiment branch=Hellenic Army dates=1942 1944 type=Special Forces battles=Tunisia Campaign Aegean… …   Wikipedia

  • Sacred Band of Thebes — The Sacred Band of Thebes (ancient Greek: polytonic| τῶν Hierós Lókhos tón Thebón) was a troop of picked soldiers, numbering 150 age structured pairs, which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC. [Ludwig, p. 60.] It was… …   Wikipedia

  • Sacred Band of Carthage — The Sacred Band of Carthage is the name used by Greek historians to refer to an infantry unit of Carthaginian foot citizens that served in Carthaginian armies during the fourth century BC. The presence of Carthaginian citizens fighting as… …   Wikipedia

  • Sacred Band (1821) — The Sacred Band ( el. Ιερός Λόχος ) was a battalion founded by Alexander Ypsilantis at the beginning of the Greek War of Independence, in February 1821 in Wallachia, now part of Romania. Origin and structureIt was named after the Sacred Band of… …   Wikipedia

  • Sacred Band Cavalry — The Sacred Band Cavalry are trained from birth to be a superb heavy cavalry force. Their superbly bred Iberian horses are barded with fine lacquered lamellar and are trained by the finest Iberian horse trainers. The men themselves are picked at… …   Wikipedia

  • Sacred Band Infantry — The Sacred Band was a group of soldiers that were dedicated to Baal, the great father God of the Phoenician/Canaanite pantheon. They were all members of the nobility, and were called upon to fight their country’s wars as an elite unit that formed …   Wikipedia

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  • Sacred 2 — Sacred Entwickler: Studio II Software GmbH Ascaron …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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