Agathagetus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαθάγητος) was a Rhodian who recommended his state to espouse the side of the Romans at the beginning of the war between Rome and Perseus of Macedon, 171 BC during the Third Macedonian War.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Polybius, xxvii. 6. § 3, xxviii. 2. § 3
  2. ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Agathagetus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, pp. 60–61, archived from the original on 2008-06-04, retrieved 2007-12-30{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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