Kleon (Sicily)

Kleon ( Greek Κλέων ), a robber from the Taurus in Cilicia , lived in the 2nd century BC.

Together with his brother Komanos he was deported to Sicily . In Agrigento he gathered a group of runaway shepherd slaves around him. The small group grew rapidly, and Kleon became the most important leader of the first Sicilian slave revolt after Eunus . Approx. 136 BC He united his troops with those of Eunus and received the title of Strategos from him . Together they conquered Morgantina , Tauromenion and other cities. Kleon fell at the siege of Henna . It was only four years later that the Romans succeeded in suppressing the uprising.

literature

Moses I. Finley , Denis Mack Smith, Christopher Duggan: History of Sicily and the Sicilians . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3406541305 .
Friedrich Münzer : Kleon 5. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Col. 717 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Kleon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Leader of a slave revolt in Agrigento
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century BC Chr.