Sacred band

The term Sacred Band, also Sacred Company or Sacred Squadron (from 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 of 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.
 * Sacred Band (World War II), a special forces unit formed during World War 2

Fiction

 * The Sacred Band of Stepsons, a fictional ancient cavalry unit created by Janet Morris and a series of fantasy novels and stories
 * The Sacred Band, a 2010 novel in the series