A military commander or leader of a group of ten soldiers or citizens.
From Greek 'deka-' (ten) and 'archos' (leader or ruler). The term was used in ancient armies to describe a specific rank managing ten soldiers.
Ancient armies were obsessed with organizing soldiers in units of ten—from Rome to Greece to China—because dividing by ten makes math easy and organizing soldiers is all about math.
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