Alexamenus
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For other uses, see Alexamenus
Alexamenus (Gr.
), a general of the Aetolians, 196 BC
, who was sent by the Aetolians, in 192 BC
, during the War against Nabis
, to obtain possession of Lacedaemon. He succeeded in his object, and killed Nabis
, the tyrant of Lacedaemon; but the Lacedaemonians rising against him shortly after, he and most of his troops were killed.
Alexamenus
For other uses, see AlexamenusAlexamenus , a general of the Aetolians, 196 BC, who was sent by the Aetolians, in 192 BC, during the War against Nabis, to obtain possession of Lacedaemon. He succeeded in his object, and killed Nabis, the tyrant of Lacedaemon; but the Lacedaemonians rising against...
Alexamenus (Gr.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
), a general of the Aetolians, 196 BC
196 BC
Year 196 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Purpureo and Marcellus...
, who was sent by the Aetolians, in 192 BC
192 BC
Year 192 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flamininus and Ahenobarbus...
, during the War against Nabis
War against Nabis
The War against Nabis or Laconian War of 195 BC was fought between the Greek city-state of Sparta and a coalition composed of Rome, the Achean League, Pergamum, Rhodes, and Macedon....
, to obtain possession of Lacedaemon. He succeeded in his object, and killed Nabis
Nabis
Nabis was ruler of Sparta from 207 BC to 192 BC, during the years of the First and Second Macedonian Wars and the War against Nabis. After taking the throne by executing two claimants, he began rebuilding Sparta's power. During the Second Macedonian War, he sided with King Philip V of Macedon and...
, the tyrant of Lacedaemon; but the Lacedaemonians rising against him shortly after, he and most of his troops were killed.