Lasthenes (Greek: Λασθένης) was a strategos (general) of the ancient Cretan city of Kydonia when the Romans attacked the city in 69 BC.[1] In this era Kydonia had protected pirates and incurred the anger of the Roman Senate.[2] When the Romans defeated Kydonia, Lasthenes' fellow strategos Panares surrendered the city, whilst Lasthenes fled to Knossos.[3]
- Appian of Alexandria and Horace White, The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria, 1899, The MacMillan Company
- C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, The Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008 [1]
- Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Translator: William Purdie Dickson, 1894
Ther is another Lasthenes, who is philosopher and friend of Dio Chrysostomus. He was a citizen of Apameia Myrleia. (Lucius Flavius Philostratos, Vita Apollonius (Life of Apollonius of Tyana), V.38)