Lasthenes (general) explained

Lasthenes (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Λασθένης) was a strategos (general) of the ancient Cretan city of Kydonia when the Romans attacked the city in 69 BC.^[1] In this era Kydonia had protected pirates and incurred the anger of the Roman Senate.^[2] When the Romans defeated Kydonia, Lasthenes' fellow strategos Panares surrendered the city, whilst Lasthenes fled to Knossos.^[3]

See also

• Knossos

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 http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10881/cydonia.html#fieldnotes
• Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Translator: William Purdie Dickson, 1894

Ther 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)

Notes and References

1. Appian, 1899
2. Mommsen, 1894
3. Hogan, 2008