Athenion is a personal name used in ancient Greece. In history it may refer to:
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Athenion of Maroneia, 4th-century BC Thracian painter
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Athenion (general)
Athenion was a military commander of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra in Coele-Syria in the late 30s BC.
Life
Athenion is only known through the report given by the Jewish historian Josephus on Herod the Great. But the account of Josephus is very h ...
, 1st-century BC commander employed by Cleopatra
* Athenion, a peripatetic philosopher and failed revolutionary often confused with
Aristion
* Athenion (rebel), leader in the
Second Servile War
The Second Servile War was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic on the island of Sicily. The war lasted from 104 BC until 100 BC.
Background
The Consul Gaius Marius was recruiting soldiers for the war against the Cimbri and ...
(104–100 BC)
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