Nicolaus na Aetolia

Nicolaus (Girkanci: Nικoλαoς, Nikolaos) ɗan Aetolian ne, kuma janar na Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-204 BC), sarkin Masar . A cikin 219 KZ ya jagoranci kewaye da Ptolemais, wanda mai cin amana Theodotus ya gudanar, wanda ya yi tawaye daga Ptolemy zuwa Antiochus III Mai Girma (223-187 KZ). Nicolaus, duk da haka, ya watsar da kewaye a kan kusantar Sarkin Seleucid. A cikin wannan shekarar ya yi abubuwa da yawa don yaudarar yunkurin Antiochus a kan Dora a Phoenicia, ta hanyar aikawa da taimakon da aka kewaye. A cikin 218 KZ Ptolemy ya sanya shi tare da babban umurni a Coele-Syria, nadin da ya dace, a cewar Polybius, ta hanyar kwarewarsa ta soja da jaruntaka. Duk da haka, Antiochus da janar dinsa sun kore shi daga matsayi mai karfi wanda ya dauka tsakanin kewayon Dutsen Lebanon da teku kusa da garin Porphyreon, kuma an tilasta masa neman tsaro a cikin jirgin gaggawa zuwa Sidon. Ana iya tunanin cewa bayan wannan ya yi watsi da Antiochus: aƙalla, mun sami sunan Nicolaus na Aetolia da aka ambata daga cikin janar din sarkin Siriya a lokacin Yaƙin Dutsen Labus 209 BC.[1]

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 Smith, William (edita); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Nicolaus (4) ", Boston, (1867)