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• Hetaireia — For similarly spelled words, see Hetair . The Hetaireia or Hetaeria (Greek: ἑταιρεία) was a term for a corps of bodyguards during the Byzantine Empire. Its name means the Company , echoing the ancient Macedonian Companion cavalry. The imperial… …   Wikipedia

• Companion cavalry — For similarly spelled words, see Hetair (disambiguation). Alexander Mosaic, showing the Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii The Companions (Greek: ἑταῖροι, hetairoi) were the elite cavalry o …   Wikipedia