person
Aratus of Sicyon
Aratus
also: Aratus Sicyonius, Aratum
Statesman and general of Sicyon (271-213 BC) and leader of the Achaean League, who freed his city from tyranny in 251 BC. Cicero praises him at length for settling the dispute over confiscated property with money obtained from Ptolemy rather than by fresh injustice.
Reading notes
- On Duties §2.81 Aratus of Sicyon
Statesman of Sicyon and leader of the Achaean League (271-213 BC) who freed his city from tyranny in 251 BC. Cicero makes his just settlement of the property question the model of good citizenship.