Apollonius ( grc, Άπολλώνιος) was a tyrant of a town in
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
the Greeks called
Zenodotion in the 1st century BCE.
When the Roman general
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus (; 115 – 53 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He is often called "the richest man in Rome." Wallechinsky, David & Wallace, ...
entered the region, no city resisted his invasion besides Zenodotion. The city allowed 100 of Crassus's soldiers to enter the town as if the town meant to surrender, but then slaughtered the soldiers. In retaliation, Crassus brought his entire army to bear on Zenodotion, captured and sacked the city, and sold its inhabitants into slavery.
[Pseudo-Appian, ''Parthica'' p. 27, ed. Schweigh]
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1st-century BC Syrian people
Syrian monarchs
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