Brill’s New Pauly

Get access
Search Results: | 129 of 309 |

Archagathus
(345 words)

(Ἀρχάγαθος; Archágathos).

[German version]

[1] Son of Agathocles [2] (end of the 4th cent. BC)

Before his return to Sicily in 308/7 BC  Agathocles [2] gave the command of the African troops to his eldest son A. despite his poor military ability. Since the latter fragmented the invasion army, the Carthaginians soon achieved significant successes and encircled A. in Tunes (Diod. Sic. 20,57-61). Even Agath…

Cite this page
Meister, Klaus (Berlin) and Nutton, Vivian (London), “Archagathus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e131810>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



▲   Back to top   ▲