Lasthenes (general)

Lasthenes () was a strategos (general) of the ancient Cretan city of Kydonia when the Romans attacked the city in 69 BC.Appian, 1899 In this era Kydonia had protected pirates and incurred the anger of the Roman Senate.Mommsen, 1894 When the Romans defeated Kydonia, Lasthenes' fellow strategos Panares surrendered the city, whilst Lasthenes fled to Knossos.Hogan, 2008

There is another Lasthenes, who is philosopher and friend of Dio Chrysostomus. He was a citizen of Apameia Myrleia. (Lucius Flavius Philostratos, Vita Apollonius (Life of Apollonius of Tyana), V.38)

See also Knossos

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References Appian of Alexandria and Horace White, The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria, 1899, The MacMillan Company C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, The Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008 Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Translator: William Purdie Dickson, 1894