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Thibron (mercenary commander, died 322 BC)

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109:. The exiles who had taken refuge with Thibron, endeavoured to escape and join Ophellas, but were detected and put to death. The Cyrenaean people then made common cause with Thibron against the new invader; but Ophellas defeated him. Thibron was forced to flee, but fell into the hands of some Libyans, who delivered him to Epicydes, an 164: 74:, and supplying him with half of their war-chariots for his expeditions. This agreement, however, they were soon induced to repudiate by Mnasicles, one of Thibron's officers, who had deserted his standard, and gone over to the enemy. Although Thibron was aided by the 86:, under the able direction of Mnasicles, the Cyrenaeans recovered Apollonia. Thibron's fortunes were further dealt a heavy blow when his fleet was almost totally destroyed in a storm with heavy loss of men. 113:
whom Ophellas, having taken Taucheira, had made governor of the town. The citizens of Taucheira, with the sanction of Ophellas, sent Thibron to Apollonia, where he was crucified in 322 BC.
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exiles, sailed to Cyrene with the intention of subjugating it. He defeated the Cyrenaeans in a battle, obtained possession of their harbour,
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party were driven out from the city, and betook themselves partly to
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According to one account it was Thibron who murdered Harpalus in
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89:Undeterred, he collected reinforcements from the 136:Thibron, Spartan mercenary commander, d. 322 BCE 8: 122: 82:, and succeeded in taking the town of 7: 190:. Vol. 3. pp. 1103–1104. 36:who was a confidential officer of 14: 162: 151:Bosworth, Albert Brian (2016). 220:People executed by crucifixion 1: 159:. Accessed 28 January 2022. 157:Oxford Classical Dictionary 131:Oxford Classical Dictionary 16:Spartan mercenary commander 236: 28: 210:4th-century BC Spartans 178:"Thimbron or Thibron" 32:; died 322 BC) was a 53:Alexander the Great 215:Ancient Cyrenaica 227: 191: 166: 165: 139: 127: 31: 30: 235: 234: 230: 229: 228: 226: 225: 224: 195: 194: 172: 163: 148: 143: 142: 128: 124: 119: 103:Ptolemy I Soter 17: 12: 11: 5: 233: 231: 223: 222: 217: 212: 207: 197: 196: 193: 192: 182:Smith, William 160: 147: 144: 141: 140: 121: 120: 118: 115: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 232: 221: 218: 216: 213: 211: 208: 206: 205:322 BC deaths 203: 202: 200: 189: 188: 183: 179: 175: 174:Elder, Edward 170: 169:public domain 161: 158: 154: 150: 149: 145: 137: 133: 132: 126: 123: 116: 114: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 95:Carthaginians 92: 87: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 56: 54: 50: 46: 43: 39: 35: 34:Lacedaemonian 25: 21: 185: 156: 146:Bibliography 129: 125: 99:oligarchical 88: 57: 19: 18: 91:Peloponnese 199:Categories 117:References 80:Hesperians 42:Macedonian 111:Olynthian 84:Taucheira 76:Barcaeans 68:Apollonia 64:Cyrenaean 176:(1870). 107:Ophellas 38:Harpalus 184:(ed.). 171::  72:talents 49:Babylon 20:Thibron 51:under 45:satrap 40:, the 29:Θίβρων 180:. In 155:. In 60:Crete 24:Greek 78:and 134:, " 47:of 201:: 55:. 26:: 138:" 22:(

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Thibron, Spartan mercenary commander, d. 322 BCE
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"Thimbron or Thibron"
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322 BC deaths

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