Polemarch

The title is derived from the words polemos (war) and archon (ruler, leader) and translates as "warleader" or "warlord".

In Athens, the polemarchos was one of nine annually appointed archontes (ἄρχοντες) and functioned as the commander of the military, though to what extent is debated among historians.

By the mid-5th Century BC, the polemarchos' role was reduced to ceremonial and judicial functions, and primarily presided over preliminary trials involving metics' family, inheritance, and status cases.

[7][8] The polemarchos also conducted certain religious sacrificial offerings and arranged the funeral ceremonies for men killed in war.

[15] The title was used to signify soldiers who commanded fortifications and other camps in the 2018 Ubisoft video game Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Additionally, in 2 of the game's quests, you have to kill 3 polemarchs that are present in either Athenian or Spartan forts across Greece, collect their seals, and bring them to either General Lysander of Sparta or Demosthenes in Athens.

Datis fighting the polemarch of Athens Kallimachos at the Battle of Marathon , in the Stoa Poikile (reconstitution).