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Leosthenes

Greek mercenary
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  • Lamian War

    …commander was the Athenian mercenary Leosthenes, who seized Thermopylae and kept a Macedonian army under Antipater blockaded in the city of Lamía until the spring of 322, when the arrival of Macedonian reinforcements from Asia forced them to raise the siege. Antipater retreated to Macedonia to regroup, but Leosthenes had…

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    …commander was the Athenian mercenary Leosthenes, who seized Thermopylae and kept a Macedonian army under Antipater blockaded in the city of Lamía until the spring of 322, when the arrival of Macedonian reinforcements from Asia forced them to raise the siege. Antipater retreated to Macedonia to regroup, but Leosthenes had…

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