Aratus of Sicyon
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title:
Aratus of Sicyon
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Aratus of Sicyon was a politician and military commander of Hellenistic Greece. He was elected strategos of the Achaean League 17 times, leading the League through numerous military campaigns including the Cleomenean War and the Social War. Aratus was exiled to Argos at the age of seven, after his father, the magistrate of Sicyon, was killed in a coup. In 251 BC, he led an expedition composed of other exiles which freed Sicyon from tyranny, and assumed power in the city. Sicyon joined the Achaea
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Greek statesman, general and Achaean League strategos (271–213 BC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aratus_of_Sicyon
date created:
2005-06-25T23:32:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T07:00:50Z
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