Alexamenus of Aetolia

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Alexamenus (Gr. Ἀλεξαμενός), a general of the Aetolians, 196 BC, who was sent by the Aetolians, in 192 BC, during the War against Nabis, to obtain possession of Lacedaemon. He succeeded in his object, and killed Nabis, the tyrant of Lacedaemon; but the Lacedaemonians rising against him shortly after, he and most of his troops were killed.