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.