Acestorides (in Greek Aκεστοριδης; lived 4th century BC), a native of Corinth made supreme commander by the citzens of the Sicilian polis of Syracuse in 317 BC. He was afterwards banished from the city by Agathocles.¹ (5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Gauls sack Rome Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire The Scythians are beginning to be absorbed into the Sarmatian people. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... A polis (πολις) — plural: poleis (πολεις) — is a city, or a city-state. ... Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 322 BC 321 BC 320 BC 319 BC 318 BC 317 BC 316 BC 315 BC 314... Agathocles (361 BC - 289 BC), tyrant of Syracuse (317 BC - 289 BC) and king of Sicily (304 BC - 289 BC). ...

References

• Diodore de Sicile, Histoire universelle, Paris, (1744)
• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Acestorides (2)", Boston, (1867)

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