Battos IV.

Battos IV ( Greek Βάττος ὁ Καλός ) was from around 520 / 15–465 BC. As successor of his father Arkesilaos III. King of Cyrene .

From the reign of Battos, who was nicknamed "the beautiful", no special events have come down to us, since Herodotus' report ends with the conquest of the city of Barke by the Persian satrap Aryandes and his grandmother Pheretime . He probably succeeded in breaking away from the sovereignty of the Persians . Judging by the archaeological finds, Cyrene was very prosperous in its time.

literature

Eduard Meyer : Battos (6) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 148.
Helmut Berve : The tyranny among the Greeks . Munich 1967.

predecessor	Office	successor
Arkesilaos III.	King of Cyrene 520 / 515–465 BC Chr.	Arkesilaos IV.

personal data
SURNAME	Battos IV.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Cyrene
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.