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protostates  lochagos  lochos protostates  the one who stands first  the one who stands in front
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A protostates, in Ancient Greece, was the man in front of an epistates. Wikipedia
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A protostates, in Ancient Greece, was the man in front of an epistates. Wikipedia
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 Wikidata