Theodotus na Aetolia

Theodotus (Girkanci) kwamandan mercenary ne na Aetolian, wanda a lokacin da ya hau kan masarautar Seleucid, Antiochus III Mai Girma (223-187 BC), yana cikin hidimar Ptolemaic kuma yana da umurnin muhimmiyar lardin Coele-Syria ga Ptolemy Philopator (221-204 BC), sarkin Masar. 

Theodotus ya kasance janar ne mai iyawa, yana sauƙaƙe hari na farko na sarki Antiochus a kan lardinsa, amma maimakon Ptolemy ya ba shi lada saboda ayyukansa, an tuno shi zuwa Iskandariya, inda kusan ya zama wanda aka azabtar da makircin wasu ma'aikatan sarki da magoya bayan sarki. Da yake ya yi fushi da wannan bi da shi, kuma ya raina mugunta da alatu na Ptolemy, lokacin da ya ci gaba da mulki a Coele-Syria (219 BC), Theodotus ya ɗauki ra'ayin wuce wannan lardin a hannun Antiochus. An yi maraba da yunkurinsa, kuma ya mika manyan sansanoni biyu na Taya da Ptolemais ga masarautar Seleucid, wanda nan da nan ya shiga tare da sojojin da ke ƙarƙashin umurninsa. Wani daga cikin janar din Ptolemy, Nicolaus, ya hana shirin Theodotus daga cikawa, kuma ya sami damar riƙe wani ɓangare na lardunan Siriya a ƙarƙashin biyayya ga Masar.

Theodotus ya ji daɗin matsayi mai girma tare da sarki Seleucid. A cikin yakin 217 BC, Theodotus ya umarci rundunar sojoji dubu goma, kuma kafin Yaƙin Raphia ya nuna ƙarfin hali ta hanyar shiga tare da abokai biyu kawai a cikin zuciyar sansanin Masar, don kashe Ptolemy da kansa. Da yake kuskuren alfarwar sarki, Theodotus ya kashe likitan Ptolemy a maimakon haka, amma ya tsere lafiya, ya koma sansanin Seleucid.[1]

Har ila yau a cikin 215 KZ Theodotus ya nuna daidaitattun ƙarfin zuciya wajen tallafawa aikin jaruntaka na Lagoras don hawa ganuwar birnin Sardis, nasarar da take da alama ta kasance mai girma saboda ƙwarewar Theodotus da iyawarsa.

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