Alexamenus of Aetolia
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RankGeneral
ConflictsWar against Nabis
Alexamenus of Aetolia | |
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| Rank | General |
| Conflicts | War against Nabis |
Alexamenus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξαμενός), a general of the Aetolians in 196 BC, who was sent by the Aetolians in 192 during the War against Nabis, to obtain possession of Sparta.[1] He succeeded in his object, and killed Nabis, the tyrant of Sparta, but the Lacedaemonians rising against him shortly after, he and most of his troops were killed.[2][3]
