The term Sacred Band, also Sacred Company or Sacred Squadron (from Ancient Greek: Ἱερὸς Λόχος, Modern Greek: Ιερός Λόχος) can refer to one of the following military units:
Ancient world edit
Modern Greek history edit
- Sacred Band (1821), of the Greek War of Independence
- Cretan Sacred Band during the Cretan Revolt of 1866–1869
- Cretan Student's Sacred Band, which participated in the Balkan Wars as a part of the Hellenic Army
- Epirote Sacred Band (1914), formed during the establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.
- Sacred Band (World War II), a special forces unit formed during World War 2
Fiction edit
- The Sacred Band of Stepsons, a fictional ancient cavalry unit created by Janet Morris and a series of fantasy novels and stories
- The Sacred Band, a 2010 novel in the series
See also edit
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