Lamachus

5th-century BC Athenian general

PersonhumanQ523070

Also known as Lamachos

Born: 469 BCE
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1.Stated in Q25391892
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Died: 414 BCE
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1.Stated in Q45186204
2.Stated in Q25391892
3.Stated in Q24445654
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Place of death: Syracuse
Citizenship: Classical Athens
Occupation: military personnel
Positions held: strategos

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Lamachus was an Athenian strategos or general in the Peloponnesian War. He commanded as early as 435 BCE, and was prominent by the mid 420s. Aristophanes caricatured him in The Acharnians and subsequently honoured his memory in The Frogs. He was one of the three generals placed in command of the Sicilian Expedition.

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Sex or gender: male
Time period: classical antiquity
Participated in conflict: Peloponnesian War
Military branch: Athenian military
Military, police or special rank: general
Manner of death: death in battle

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