Institution
Companion cavalry
The Companion cavalry, or hetairoi, was the elite heavy cavalry of the Macedonian army, recruited from the Macedonian aristocracy. Under Alexander the Great it delivered the decisive charges at battles such as Gaugamela. The Seleucid Empire maintained a similar elite cavalry unit modelled on the Macedonian tradition.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Companion cavalry. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/companion-cavalry
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- “Companion cavalry.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/companion-cavalry. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Companion cavalry.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/companion-cavalry.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Companion cavalry’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/companion-cavalry (Accessed: ).
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