Ariston of Rhodes

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Ariston (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστων) of Rhodes was an ambassador of ancient Greece in the spring of 170 BCE with several others – notably Hagepolis and Pancrates – to the Roman consul Quintus Marcius Philippus, in Macedonia, to renew the friendship with the Romans, and clear his countrymen from the charges which had been brought against them.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Polybius, The Histories 28.14
  2. ^ Berthold, Richard M. (2018). "The Third Macedonian War". Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age. Cornell University Press. p. 189. ISBN 9781501722172. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Ariston (5)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 310.