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Tetrarch vs Toparchy - What's the difference?

tetrarch | toparchy |

As nouns the difference between tetrarch and toparchy

is that tetrarch is tetrarch while toparchy is a small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.

tetrarch

English

Noun

(wikipedia tetrarch) (en noun)
  • a governor of part of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in Ancient Rome
  • an officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece

    • toparchy

    English

    Noun

    (toparchies)
  • A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.
    • Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies .
    (Fuller)
    (Webster 1913)