# Dimachae

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'''Dimachae''' ({{langx|grc|διμάχαι}}, from δίς ''dis'', "two, double, twice" and μάχη ''mache'' "fight") were [Macedon](/source/Macedon)ian horse-soldiers, who also fought on foot when occasion required, similar to [Mounted infantry](/source/Mounted_infantry) like [Dragoons](/source/Dragoons) in modern times.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0060:entry=dimachae Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, Dimachae]</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=dimachae Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Dimachae]</ref>
Their armour was heavier than that of the ordinary horse-soldier, and lighter than that of the regular heavy-armed foot-soldier. A servant accompanied each soldier in order to take care of his horse when he alighted to fight on foot. This species of troops is said to have been first introduced by [Alexander the Great](/source/Alexander_the_Great).<ref name="A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities">[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0063%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DD%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Ddimachae-cn A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Dimachae]</ref> The [Celtiberians](/source/Celtiberians) fielded a similar unit.<ref name="A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities"/>

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Murray.

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