Taxiarchi
(
ταξίαρχοι). The Greek term for the commanders of
τάξεις, which contained a variable number of men. In Athens the ten
commanders of the ten
τάξεις were so
called. They were elected annually by show of hands, one for each tribe. They also had to look
after the levying and distribution of recruits, and they were thus concerned in the drawing up
of the register of those citizens who were liable to serve. On the Macedonian
τάξις, see
Phalanx.