Aristomenes of Alyzia

Aristomenes of Alyzeia (Greek Ἀριστομένης ) (* 3rd century BC in Alyzeia, Acarnania, Greece, † 2nd century BC in Egypt? ) Was a politician of the Ptolemäerreichs. At the beginning of the 2nd century BC, he acted as regent of King Ptolemy V..

Aristomenes, son of Menneas, was from the city Alyzeia. He represented his native city in 216 BC at the Acarnanian Federal Assembly, and went to Egypt later. He was sponsored by Agathocles. 204/203 was Aristomenes Alexander priests, 203 somatophýlax ( bodyguard ). The fall of Agathocles in 202 he was the regent and sat 201 Tlepolemus from, to rule in his place as epítropos.

Aristomenes deposed 198 BC, the army commander Scopas, after he had reconquered the island of Samos for the Ptolemaic empire. 196 he succeeded the peace treaty with the Seleucid ruler Antiochus III. , As a result he had to issue a decree that is handed down to us today on the Rosetta Stone. Aristomenes entered into a government always for centralization and efficiency of the Ptolemaic rule. His attempts to stifle the uprising in the Thebaid, but failed. In contrast, presented his decision to appoint the strategists at the same time the high priest of Cyprus, because of the high temple income as wise out. In Egypt, he introduced the office of Epistrategen and renewed the system of Hofrangtitel. Even before 192 he crashed for unknown reasons.