Agesimbrotus

Agesimbrotus (Gr. polytonic|Ἀγεσίμβροτος) was the commander of the Rhodian fleet, consisting of 20 decked ships, during the Second Macedonian War, and sailed against Philip of Macedon from 200 to 197 BC. [cite book | last = Ussher | first = James | authorlink = James Ussher | coauthors = | title = The Annals of the World | publisher = New Leaf Publishing | date = | location = | pages = 386 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=VrHER1jYzhIC | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-89051-510-7] Agesimbrotus' fleet met with the 24 quinqueremes of Attalus I near Andros, and the two sailed for Euboea, and ravaged the lands belonging to Carystus. When that city received reinforcements from Chalcis, the fleets diverted to Eretria rather than engage a more prepared enemy. There they united with the fleet of Roman admiral Lucius Quinctius Flamininus, and the three of them laid heavy siege to Eretria, which surrendered after a nighttime assault by Quinctius.Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Agesimbrotus | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 70 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0079.html ] [Livy, xxxi. 46, xxxii. 16, 32] The three commanders sailed back to Carystus, which evacuated into the city citadel at the approach of such a fleet, and sent ambassadors to beg protection from Quinctius. The townspeople were freed and the Macedonian garrison was ransomed and deported, unarmed, to Boeotia. [cite book | last = Livy | first = | authorlink = Livy | coauthors = George Baker (trans.) | title = Livy | publisher = A. J. Valpy | date = 1834 | location = London | pages = | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=RqMNAAAAYAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ]

Agesimbrotus was also one of the diplomatic party who accompanied the Roman consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus (brother of Lucius) in his meeting with Philip on a sea shore in the Malian Gulf, near Nicaea. [cite book | last = Ihne | first = Wilhelm | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The History of Rome | publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co. | date = 1877 | location = London | pages = 48 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=HCBJAAAAMAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ]

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