appointed sporadically. The term tetrarchy (from the Greek: τετραρχία, tetrarchia, "leadership of four [people]") describes any form of government where...

back rows could move off to the sides if more frontage was needed. A tetrarchia was a unit of four files and a tetrarchès or tetrarch was a commander...

the likelihood that battles would degenerate into a pushing match. A tetrarchia was a unit of four files (8-man columns in tight formation) and a tetrarchès...

Marsya amne divisam a Nazerinorum tetrarchia, Bambycen quae alio nomine ... In Cele si trova Apamea, divisa dalla tetrarchia dei Nazerini dal fiume Marsia...

enemy phalanx, following the shock of cavalry. Carefully organized—into tetrarchia of 64 men, taxiarchiae of two tetrarchiae, syntagmatae of two taxiarchiae...