# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lydiadas-of-megalopolis
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:32:37.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lydiadas-of-megalopolis"
name: "Lydiadas of Megalopolis"
slug: "lydiadas-of-megalopolis"
description: "Lydiadas of Megalopolis or Lydiades (Λυδιάδης) was an ancient Greek tyrant of his city Megalopolis in Arcadia. He came to power around the year 245 BC, but after ten years he decided to step down, leading his city to join the Achaean League. As a reward the Achaeans elected him to the post of strategos, that is of the League, for three terms in 234/33, 232/31 and 230/29 BC. In 227 BC he lost the elections against Aratus of Sicyon, but was chosen as hipparch, in this position he fell at the gates of his city during a cavalry charge against the Spartan king Cleomenes III."
tagline: "Tyrant of Megalopolis, strategos of the Achaean League"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-250"
deathDate: "-226"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.070986666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Лидиад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lid%C3%ADades_de_Megal%C3%B2polis_(tir%C3%A0)"
    title: "Lidíades de Megalòpolis (tirà)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydiadas_von_Megalopolis"
    title: "Lydiadas von Megalopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydiadas_of_Megalopolis"
    title: "Lydiadas of Megalopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lid%C3%ADadas_de_Megal%C3%B3polis"
    title: "Lidíadas de Megalópolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydiadas_dari_Megalopolis"
    title: "Lydiadas dari Megalopolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidiada"
    title: "Lidiada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydiadas_Megalopolitanus"
    title: "Lydiadas Megalopolitanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lid%C3%ADadas_de_Megal%C3%B3polis"
    title: "Lidíadas de Megalópolis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1878636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump