Agetas

Agetas (Gr. polytonic|Ἀγήτας) of Callipolis was commander-in-chief (or "strategos") of the Aetolians in 217 BC,Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Agetas | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 71 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0080.html ] during which year he made an incursion into Acarnania and Epirus, and ravaged both coun­tries. [Polybius, v. 91. 96] For this accomplishment, he received the honor of a statue in the city of Lamia. Agetas also fought in the Macedonian Wars, and served as "strategos" again, succeeding Dorymachus around the turn of the 2nd century BC. In 200 BC, he was the "strategos" who met with a Roman diplomatic trio consisting of Gaius Claudius Nero, Publius Sempronius Tuditanus, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.cite book | last = Grainger | first = John D. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The League of the Aitolians | publisher = Brill Publishers | date = 1999 | location = Leiden | pages = 297, 346, 356-357 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9AVWMt1ciJoC | doi = | id = | isbn = 90-04-10911-0]

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