Leukon I.

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Expansion of the Bosporan Empire, of which Leukon I was king

Leukon I († 349 BC ) was a king of the Bosporan Empire on the Crimean peninsula .

Leukon came from the dynasty of spartocids , the v of the 438th BC to 107 BC Ruled the Bosporan Empire. He took over the rule in 389 BC. After his father Satyros I died, and was able to expand his empire considerably. So he conquered the city of Theodosia as well as areas of the Toreteer , Dandarians and Psesser . His brother Gorgippos was also able to join the territory of the Sinder to the empire, so that Leukon could finally call himself " Archon of Bosporos and Theodosia and king ( basileus ) of the Sinder, Toreteer, Dandarians and Psesser".

Leukon achieved great importance through the export of grain to mainland Greece . Athens even granted him Attic citizenship because of his important contribution to the food supply of Attica . Later authors describe him as a clever, cunning general and ruler.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ So on an inscription ( Corpus inscriptiones regni Bosporani 6).
  2. ↑ Demosthenes , Speeches 20:32; Strabon 7,4,6.
  3. ↑ Demosthenes, Speeches 20: 29-32.
  4. ↑ Around Polyainos 6,9,3 and Strabo 7,4,4.
personal data
SURNAME Leukon I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Bosporan Empire
DATE OF BIRTH before 389 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 349 BC Chr.