Summary
Agetas (Ancient Greek: Ἀγήτας) of Callipolis was commander-in-chief (or strategos) of the Aetolians in 217 BC,[1] during which year he made an incursion into Acarnania and Epirus and ravaged both countries.[2] For this accomplishment, he received the honor of a statue in the city of Lamia. Agetas also fought in the Macedonian Wars, and served as strategos again, succeeding Dorymachus around the start of the 2nd century. In 200, he was the strategos who met with a Roman diplomatic trio consisting of Gaius Claudius Nero, Publius Sempronius Tuditanus, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.[3]
Agetas | |
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| Nationality | Greek |
| Occupation | Commander-in-chief |
References edit
- ^ Smith, William (1867). "Agetas". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 71.
- ^ Polybius, v. 91. 96
- ^ Grainger, John D. (1999). The League of the Aitolians. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 297, 346, 356–357. ISBN 90-04-10911-0.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agetas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.