τετραρχία
τετραρχία, a tetrarchy, the province of a tetrarch
τετραρχ-ία, ἡ,
- tetrarchy, the province of a tetrarch, esp. of Thessaly, the four provinces being Thessaliotis, Phthiotis, Pelasgiotis, Hestiaeotis, Hellanic. 52J., E. Alc. 1154, D. 9.26, Theopomp.Hist. 201; also of the four divisions of each of the three Galatian tribes, Str. 12.5.1; ἡ τῶν δώδεκα τ. βουλή v.l. ibid.; cf. τετράς II.
- 2 generally, of the divisions of Roman protectorates, e.g. Palestine under Augustus, J. BJ 2.6.3; districts adjacent to Syria, tetrarchiae regnorum instar singulae, Plin. HN 5.74.
- II τ. ἱππική the command of four λόχοι, Arr. An. 3.18.5, cf. Id. Tact. 10.1, Ael. Tact. 9.2, Ascl. Tact. 2.8; Φιλίππου τετραρχίας ἔργον monument erected by Philipʼs τ., IG 9(1).316 (Scarphea, Locr. Orient., iv B.C.).
τετραρχία, ας (ἡ) tétrarchie :
1 l’un des quatre gouvernements d’une province ou charge et autorité d’un gouverneur de trétarchie, Eur. Alc. 1154 ; Dém. 117, 26 ; Plut. Ant. 36, 56 ||
2 τ. ἱππική, Arr. An. 3, 18 ; Arr. Tact. 10, 2, réunion de quatre compagnies de cavalerie.
Étym. τετράρχης.
τετραρχία, ἡ, Tetrarchie, Herrschaft eines Vierfürsten ; Eur. Alc. 1157 ; τετραρχίας κατέστησεν, Dem. 9.26 ; – ἱππική, Oberbefehl über eine Schwadron Reiter, Arr. An. 3.18.
τετραρχία, ἡ,
- 1a tetrarchy, the province of a tetrarch, esp. in Thessaly, the four provinces being Thessaliotis, Phthiotis, Pelasgiotis, Hestiaeotis, Eur., Dem.
- 2under the Romans the name tetrarchy was given to any division of a country, as to Palestine, which after Herod was divided into three tetrarchies, Plut., etc.