Archedemus Of Aetolia
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Archedemus or Archedamus ( or Άρχέδαμος -- he's called "Archidamus" by Livy) was an Aetolian who commanded the Aetolian troops which assisted the Romans in the Second Macedonian War with Philip V of Macedon. In 199 BCE he compelled Philip to raise the siege of the town of Thaumaci, and took an active part in the Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197, in which Philip was defeated. When the war broke out between the Romans and the Aetolians, he was sent as ambassador to the
Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...
ns to solicit their assistance in 192; and on the defeat of Antiochus III the Great in the following year, he went as ambassador to the consul Manius Acilius Glabrio to sue for peace. In 169, he was denounced to the Romans by Lyciscus as one of their enemies. He joined Perseus of Macedon the same year, and accompanied the Macedonian king in his flight after his defeat in 168. Livy, '' Ab Urbe Condita Libri'' 43.23, 24, 44.43


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3rd-century BC births Second Macedonian War 3rd-century BC Greek people 2nd-century BC Greek people Ancient Aetolians {{AncientGreece-bio-stub