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Alexander Mosaic, showing the Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii
The Companions (Greek: ἑταῖροι, Greek:[heˈtairoi̯], hetairoi) were the elite cavalry of the Macedonian army from the time of King Philip II of Macedon, achieving their greatest prestige under Alexander the Great, and regarded as the first or among the first shock cavalry used in Europe.[1] Chosen Companions, or Hetairoi, formed the elite guard of the king (Somatophylakes).
^Hanson, Victor Davis (2007-12-18). Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-42518-8.
The Companions (Greek: ἑταῖροι, Greek: [heˈtairoi̯], hetairoi) were the elite cavalry of the Macedonian army from the time of King Philip II of Macedon...
inherited by Philip II was the division of the companioncavalry (hetairoi) from the foot companions (pezhetairoi), augmented by various allied troops...
The heavy cavalry was made up of 1,800 elite Companioncavalry, 1,800 Thessalian cavalry and 600 Greek allied cavalry. The light cavalry numbered 900...
Lady's companion, a historic term for a genteel woman who was paid to live with a woman of rank or wealth Companioncavalry, the elite cavalry of Alexander...
Heavy cavalry was a class of cavalry intended to deliver a battlefield charge and also to act as a tactical reserve; they are also often termed shock cavalry...
Alexander the Great's personal bodyguard, he went on to command the Companioncavalry and was entrusted with many other tasks throughout Alexander's ten-year...
Great's most experienced and talented generals. He rose to command the CompanionCavalry, but was accused of conspiring against Alexander and executed. When...
life. He would later be promoted to one of the two commanders of the companioncavalry following the trial and execution of Philotas. In 328 BC, Artabazos...
Parmenion. Alexander fought with his Companioncavalry. With it was the Paionian and Greek light cavalry. The mercenary cavalry was divided into two groups, veterans...
heavy cavalry recruited among the Macedonian nobility, called the CompanionCavalry (hetairoi). It consisted of 3,000 heavy, shock-capable cavalry, at the...
it from them as the main formation of his Companioncavalry and Alexander the Great faced Persian cavalry arrayed thus, as Arrian attests. The advantage...
of the Persian force. He led a flank of his Companioncavalry on the right, while the Thessalian cavalry were dispatched to the left, as a counter to...
After the reforms in 1776, both hussars and armored companions were transformed into National Cavalry units. They used chainmail or bechter armour to protect...
Peithon's brigade of the phalanx, the horse archers and half the Companioncavalry. While it was a difficult march across the desert, the march was to...
his Dahae horse archers to harass the Indian right-wing cavalry. His armoured Companioncavalry was sent to attack their outnumbered Indian counterparts...
non-Greek peoples into his military and even the elite cavalry units of the companioncavalry. Again, it is probably better to see these policies as a...
leaders in battle. The Companioncavalry of Alexander the Great (356-326 BC) are described as being the first example of shock cavalry being used in Europe...
unison, used as the anvil in a hammer and anvil tactic, where the Companioncavalry was the hammer that smashed the enemy against an anvil of thousands...
defensive posture. Alexander personally led the more elite Greek Companioncavalry against the Persian left up against the hills, and cut up the enemy...
utterly destroyed by the phalanx, supported by the combined use of companioncavalry and peltasts (javelineers). During his later campaigning, Alexander...
archers, slingers) and 5,850 cavalry. The Greeks advanced through the Pillar of Jonah. Alexander led his Companioncavalry on the right flank and he set...
who made up other elite cavalry units similar to the Companions. Hellenistic cavalry is much more diverse than the Greek cavalry of earlier eras. Greek...
other. The Battle of Gaugamela, in which Alexander the Great used his CompanionCavalry to charge Darius III Gallic tribes tried and nearly succeeded in defeating...
throughout his life), the chiliarch Perdiccas, commander of the elite Companioncavalry, persuaded them to wait in the hope that Roxana's child would be male...
Glaucias of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Γλαυκίας) was an officer of the Companioncavalry at the Battle of Gaugamela. He may be the Glaucias who, on Cassander's...
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