Androsthenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρόσθενης) of Thessaly was called the praetor of the country by Julius Caesar.[a] In 48 BCE, after Caesar's defeat at the hands of Pompey in the Battle of Dyrrhachium, Androsthenes shut the gates of Gomphi against Caesar.[1]
When Caesar inevitability breached the walls, the aristocrats and magistrates, likely including Androsthenes committed suicide.
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edit- ^ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili iii. 80
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Androsthenes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. pp. 176–177.
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