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protostates

part of Ancient Greek / Byzantine phalanx: soldier in front of an epistates ('the one who stands behind'); in a file of eight soldiers, the protostates were the men in positions 1,3,5 and 7, while the epistates occupied positions 2,4,6 and 8
Intangible military_position Q7252131
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protostates

Summary

protostates is a military position[1]. protostates draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (military_position category, ranking #49 of 77).[2]

Key Facts

  • protostates's instance of is recorded as military position[3].
  • protostates's part of is recorded as phalanx[4].
  • protostates's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bwghc_[5].
  • protostates's different from is recorded as epistates[6].
  • protostates's different from is recorded as quasi-state[7].

Why It Matters

protostates draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (military_position category, ranking #49 of 77).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_protostates_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{protostates}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/protostates}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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