Alexander of Trichonium

Alexander ( _gr. Ἀλέξανδρος) of Trichonium in Aetolia was an ancient Greek commander of the Aetolians in 218 and 219 BC. With about three thousand troops he attacked the rear guard (consisting of mercenaries and Acarnanians) of the army of Philip V of Macedon on his return from Thermus, [cite book | last = Leake | first = William Martin | authorlink = William Martin Leake | coauthors = | title = Travels in Northern Greece | publisher = J. Rodwell | date = 1835 | location = | pages = 147 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=9XUKAAAAIAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = ] but the attempt was unsuccessful, and many Aetolians were killed in the battle, which ended with the Aetolians being completely routed by Philip's forces. [Polybius, v. 13] cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = | title = Alexander of Trichonium | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 127 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=142]

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