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- ἁρμοστής
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2 identifiers linking harmost across the web's reference databases
6 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
2 identifiers linking harmost across the web's reference databases
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Harmost was a Spartan term for a military governor. The Spartan general Lysander instituted several harmosts during the period of Spartan hegemony after the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. They were sent into their subject or conquered towns, partly to keep them in submission, and partly to abolish the democratic form of government, and establish oligarchies instead.