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'''Aristaenus''' () of [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]], was sometimes called "Aristaenetus" by [[Polybius]]<ref>[[Johann Gottfried Schweighäuser]], ''On Polybius'' 17.1</ref> and [[Plutarch]].<ref name="plut">[[Plutarch]], ''Philopoemen'' 13, 17</ref> Aristaenus, however, appears to be the correct name.
He was ''[[strategus]]'' of the [[Achaean league]] in 198 BCE, and induced the Achaeans to join the Romans in the war against [[Philip V of Macedon]]. Polybius defends him from the charge of treachery for having done so. In the following year (197 BCE) he was again strategus and accompanied the consul [[Titus Quinctius Flamininus]] to his interview with Philip.<ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 32.19-21, 32</ref><ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 17.1, 7, 13</ref> In the same year he also persuaded the [[Boeotia]]ns to take up the side of the Romans.<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Livy)|Ab Urbe Condita Libri]]'' 33.2</ref>
In 195 BCE, when he was yet again strategus, he joined Flamininus with 10,000 foot soldiers and 1000 horse in order to attack the [[Sparta]]n ruler [[Nabis]].<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Livy)|Ab Urbe Condita Libri]]'' 34.25, &c.</ref> He was also strategus in 185 BCE, and attacked [[Philopoemen]] and [[Lycortas]] for their conduct in relation to the embassy that had been sent to [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]].<ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 23.7, 9, 10</ref>
Aristaenus was the political opponent of Philopoemen, and showed more readiness to satisfy the wishes of the Romans than Philopoemen did. He was eloquent and skilled in politics, but described as being not especially distinguished in war.<ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 25.9</ref><ref name="plut"/><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' 8.51.1</ref>
Some historians think that he is to be identified with '''Aristaenos of Dyme''', son of Timocades or Damocades, who was hipparch 208/07 BC. Others hold that they were two different persons.
==References==
[[Category:Ancient Greek generals]]
[[Category:Ancient Megalopolitans]]
[[Category:3rd-century BC Greek people]]
[[Category:2nd-century BC Greek people]]
[[Category:Achaean League]]
He was ''[[strategus]]'' of the [[Achaean league]] in 198 BCE, and induced the Achaeans to join the Romans in the war against [[Philip V of Macedon]]. Polybius defends him from the charge of treachery for having done so. In the following year (197 BCE) he was again strategus and accompanied the consul [[Titus Quinctius Flamininus]] to his interview with Philip.<ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 32.19-21, 32</ref><ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 17.1, 7, 13</ref> In the same year he also persuaded the [[Boeotia]]ns to take up the side of the Romans.<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Livy)|Ab Urbe Condita Libri]]'' 33.2</ref>
In 195 BCE, when he was yet again strategus, he joined Flamininus with 10,000 foot soldiers and 1000 horse in order to attack the [[Sparta]]n ruler [[Nabis]].<ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Livy)|Ab Urbe Condita Libri]]'' 34.25, &c.</ref> He was also strategus in 185 BCE, and attacked [[Philopoemen]] and [[Lycortas]] for their conduct in relation to the embassy that had been sent to [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]].<ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 23.7, 9, 10</ref>
Aristaenus was the political opponent of Philopoemen, and showed more readiness to satisfy the wishes of the Romans than Philopoemen did. He was eloquent and skilled in politics, but described as being not especially distinguished in war.<ref>[[Polybius]], ''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' 25.9</ref><ref name="plut"/><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' 8.51.1</ref>
Some historians think that he is to be identified with '''Aristaenos of Dyme''', son of Timocades or Damocades, who was hipparch 208/07 BC. Others hold that they were two different persons.
==References==
[[Category:Ancient Greek generals]]
[[Category:Ancient Megalopolitans]]
[[Category:3rd-century BC Greek people]]
[[Category:2nd-century BC Greek people]]
[[Category:Achaean League]]
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