Sacred band

The term Sacred Band, also Sacred Company or Sacred Squadron (from Ancient Greek: Ἱερὸς Λόχος, Modern Greek: Ιερός Λόχος) can refer to one of the following military units:

Ancient world

• Sacred Band of Thebes
• Sacred Band of Carthage

Modern Greek history

• Sacred Band (1821), of the Greek War of Independence
• Cretan Sacred Band during the Cretan revolt (1866–1869)
• Cretan Student's Sacred Band, which participated in the Balkan Wars as a part of the Hellenic Army
• Epirote Sacred Band (1914), formed during the establishment of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.
• Sacred Squadron (Greece), a special forces unit formed during World War 2

Fiction

• The Sacred Band of Stepsons, a fictional ancient cavalry unit created by Janet Morris and a series of fantasy novels and stories
  • The Sacred Band, a 2010 novel in the series

See also

• Sacred Squadron (France)