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Pages in category "Ancient Greek generals" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Olympiodoros (Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπιόδωρος) was a military leader in Athens in ancient Greece. His capacity as a savior of Athens and his self-confident power and serious engagement during political crises were emphasized. He was elected Strategos. [1]
Ancient Greek generals (9 C, 103 P) H. Hellenic Army generals (3 C, 48 P) ... Pages in category "Greek generals" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of ...
Stater of the Boeotian League minted c. 364-362 BC by Epaminondas, whose name EΠ-AMI is inscribed on the reverse. Epaminondas (/ ɪ ˌ p æ m ɪ ˈ n ɒ n d ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐπαμεινώνδας; 419/411–362 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent ...
The early Athenian tradition, followed by the 3rd century BC Parian Chronicle, made Cecrops, a mythical half-man half-serpent, the first king of Athens. [5] The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later, by historians of the Hellenistic era who tried to backdate events by cross-referencing earlier sources such as the Parian Chronicle.
283–246 BC), the strategos was the head of the provincial administration, while conversely his military role declined, as the klerouchoi were progressively demilitarized. [8] Ptolemy V Epiphanes (r. 204–181 BC) established the office of epistrategos (ἐπιστράτηγος, lit. ' over-general ') to oversee the individual strategoi.
Iphicrates (Ancient Greek: Ιφικράτης; c. 418 – c. 353 BC [citation needed]) was an Athenian general, who flourished in the earlier half of the 4th century BC. He is credited with important infantry reforms that revolutionized ancient Greek warfare by regularizing light-armed peltasts. [3]
Xanthippus (Ancient Greek: Ξάνθιππος) of Lacedaemon, or of Carthage, was a Spartan mercenary general employed by Carthage during the First Punic War.He led the Carthaginian army to considerable success against the Roman Republic during the course of the war, training the army to a professional standard before defeating the Romans at the Battle of Tunis, where Carthaginian forces ...