Dicaearchus of Aetolia

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Dicaearchus (d.196 BC) was an Aetolain commander and pirate. In 205-204 BC, Dicaearchus was employed by Philip V of Macedon to raid the Cyclades and Rhodian ships. Dicaearchus had a tradition in which where ever he landed he would built to temples, one to Asebeia which means impiety and another to Paranomia which means Lawlessness. Dicaearchus was later captured by the Egyptians and he was racked and scourged before being put to death.

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• Polybius. The Rise of the Roman Empire. ISBN 0-14-044362-2
• Peter Green. Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age. Thames and Hudson, 1990. ISBN 0-500-01485-X