title: Hipparchus (cavalry officer)
text: # Hipparchus (cavalry officer)
  
  Hipparchus, anglicized hipparch (Greek: ἵππαρχος, romanized: hipparchos), was the title of an ancient Greek cavalry officer, commanding a hipparchia (unit of about 500 horsemen); two such units were commanded by an epihipparchos.
  
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