Dorimachus

Dorimachus ( Greek Δορίμαχος) was a strategist of the Aitolian League .

Together with Skopas he won 221/220 BC. Chr. Against the Messinian Federation plundered 220/219 and Epirus , where he the sanctuary of Zeus of Dodona put on fire. To distract King Philip V of Macedon from the siege of the city of Pale , he attacked Thessaly . However, the Macedonians passed him to Aitolia and defeated it before Dorimachus could come to the rescue. In 212 Dorimachus tried as princeps Aitolorum ( Titus Livius ) to obtain an alliance with Rome against King Philip. A year later he could not prevent the Macedonian conquest of Echinos, even with Roman support . In 205/204 Dorimachus and Skopas were elected nomothets and given the task of reducing the high debts of Aitolia. However, their proposals were rejected and Skopas fled to Egypt in the face of his failure. As the ambassador of Aitolia in Alexandria , Dorimachus carried out 198 BC. For the condemnation of Scopas.

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Polybius , Historien, Book IV.
Edward Elder: Dorimachus, less properly Dorymachus . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 1 : Abaeus – Dysponteus . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 1067-1068 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

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SURNAME	Dorimachus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Strategist of the Aitolian Federation
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH	uncertain: Aitolia , Greece
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century BC Chr.