pentacosiomedimnians

Updated: July 13, 2025

They whose income yielded five hundred measures in any commodity, dry or liquid, were placed in the first rank, under the title of Pentacosiomedimnians. The second class, termed Hippeis, knights or horsemen, was composed of those whose estates yielded three hundred measures.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete