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Amynander

fl. c. 200–189 BCE · 2nd century BCE · Also known as Amynander of Athamania

Amynander was king of the Athamanians in the mountains of north-western Greece around the end of the 3rd and start of the 2nd century BCE. He joined Rome against Philip V of Macedon in the Second Macedonian War and acted as an intermediary, then sided with Antiochus III in 191 BCE, when Philip overran his kingdom and he fled to Ambracia. He later regained his throne and made peace with Rome.

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