The term
strategos is used in
Greek to mean "general". In the
Byzantine Empire the term was also used in the to describe a military governer.
the Office of Strategos in Athenian Democracy
In the
Athenian Democracy strategoi, the generals, were elected by name rather than chosen by lottery.
Following the reforms of Pericles?, all Athenian positions except the strategos were selected by lottery and were paid so that any Athenian citizen could take part in office. The role of strategos remained an aristocratic position as both wealth and popularity were required to fill the office.
Some of the more notable Athenian strategoi were:
- Pericles? the great proponent of Democracy in Athens
- Cimon
- Thucydides the author of "The Peloponnesian War"
- Nicias?
- Cleon?
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