Democratic Army of Greece [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Democratic Army of Greece
The Democratic Army of Greece (DAG) (, "Dimokratikós Stratós Elládas" (DSE)), was the army founded by the Communist Party of Greece during the Greek Civil War, 1946–1949. At its height, it had a strength of around 50,000 men and women.
The DSE was backed up by the Popular Civil Guard (Λαϊκή Πολιτοφυλακή, ΛΠ), the Communist Party's security police force.
History.
After the liberation of Greece from the Axis occupation, the "
of the modern "Führerprinzip" and of Carl Schmitt's theories on dictatorship.
Ancient Greece Use of "basileus" in Classical times.
In classical times, almost all Greek states had abolished the hereditary royal office in favor of democratic or oligarchic rule. Some exceptions existed, namely the two hereditary Kings of Sparta (who served as joint commanders of the army, and were also called "arkhagetai"), the Kings of Cyrene, the Kings of Macedon and of the Molossians in Epirus and Kings of Arcadian Orchomenus.