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Callicrates of Leontion

d. 149/148 BCE · 2nd century BCE

Callicrates of Leontion was a statesman of the Achaean League who led its pro-Roman party in the second century BCE. After the Third Macedonian War he denounced his opponents to Rome, and about a thousand leading Achaeans, including the historian Polybius, were deported to Italy in 167 BCE. He dominated Achaean politics until his death.

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