tetrarch

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von tetrarch im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: chy böyle valilik veya krallık; bir eyaletin dörtte birini yöneten vali; bağımlı yönetici

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von tetrarch im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: a governor of part of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in ancient Rome; an officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in ancient Greece; {n} a governor of a tetrarchate; (Greek; "ruler of a quarter") In Greco-Roman antiquity, the ruler of a principality, originally the ruler of one-quarter of a region or province. The first tetrarchs ruled the four tetrarchies of Thessaly under Philip II of Macedonia. Tetrarchs ruled in Galatia (in Asia Minor) before the Roman conquest (169 BC) and still later in Hellenized Syria and Palestine, where the title denoted the semi-independent ruler of a divided kingdom or minor district. Herod the Great's realm after his death (4 BC) was ruled by his three sons, two of whom were called tetrarchs; Four; A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign