τετραρχία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tetrarchy]], [[the province of a tetrarch]], especially 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; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν δώδεκα τ. βουλή</b> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] ibid.; cf. [[τετράς]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τ. ἱππική</b> [[the command of four]] [[λόχοι]], Arr.''An.'' 3.18.5, cf. Id.''Tact.''10.1, Ael.''Tact.''9.2, Ascl.''Tact.''2.8; <b class="b3">Φιλίππου τετραρχίας ἔργον</b> monument erected by Philip's τ., ''IG''9(1).316 (Scarphea, Locr. Orient., iv B.C.).