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protostates
part of Ancient Greek / Byzantine phalanx: soldier in front of an epistates ('the one who stands behind'); in a file of eight soldiers, the protostates were the men in positions 1,3,5 and 7, while the epistates occupied positions 2,4,6 and 8
- πρωτοστάτης
- the one who stands first
- the one who stands in front
- λοχαγός
- lochagos
- lochos protostates
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- elwiki Πρωτοστάτης
- enwiki Protostates
- zhwiki 前列兵