Companion cavalry

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ancient military unit cavalry unit heavy cavalry

The Companion cavalry were the elite heavy cavalry of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian army, renowned for their decisive shock charges that helped secure his major victories.

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Label Occurrences
Companion cavalry canonical 6

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient military unit ⓘ
cavalry unit ⓘ
heavy cavalry ⓘ
associatedWith Hetairoi ⓘ
Macedonian phalanx ⓘ
commandedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
Cleitus the Black ⓘ
Hephaestion ⓘ
Philotas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Macedon ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ
Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ
Battle of Granicus ⓘ
Battle of the Hydaspes ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Hydaspes

Battle of Issus ⓘ
equipment body armor ⓘ
helmet ⓘ
long thrusting spear (xyston) ⓘ
shield (sometimes) ⓘ
sword ⓘ
geographicAreaOfActivity Asia Minor ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
India ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
GreekName Hetairoi ⓘ
surface form: ἑταῖροι (Hetairoi)
historicalPeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
influenced Hellenistic cavalry tactics ⓘ
later heavy cavalry traditions ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
meaningOfName Companions ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
mount warhorse ⓘ
notableFor decisive shock charges ⓘ
elite status in Macedonian army ⓘ
role in Alexander the Great’s major victories ⓘ
partOf Macedonian army ⓘ
Macedonian army of Alexander the Great ⓘ
surface form: army of Alexander the Great
primaryFunction break enemy battle line ⓘ
exploit breaches created by phalanx ⓘ
recruitmentFrom Macedonian royal household ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian nobility
role decisive strike force ⓘ
shock cavalry ⓘ
socialStatus aristocratic ⓘ
subunitOf Macedonian Companion Corps ⓘ
tacticalDoctrine cooperation with Macedonian phalanx ⓘ
wedge formation charges ⓘ
usedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Granicus → associatedWith → Companion cavalry ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus
Battle of Issus → associatedWith → Companion cavalry ⓘ
Macedonian court → associatedWith → Companion cavalry ⓘ
Alexander’s Asian campaign → notableArmyComponent → Companion cavalry ⓘ
Macedonian phalanx → cooperatedWith → Companion cavalry ⓘ
Macedonians → eliteUnit → Companion cavalry ⓘ