What is "nabis"

Nabis was ruler of Sparta from 207 BC to 192 BC, during the years of the First and Second Macedonian Wars and the eponymous " War against Nabis", i.e. against him. After taking the throne by executing two claimants, he began rebuilding Sparta's power. During the Second Macedonian War, he sided with King Philip V of Macedon and in return he received the city of Argos. However, when the war began to turn against the Macedonians, he defected to Rome. After the war, the Romans urged by the Achaean League attacked Nabis and defeated him in the War against Nabis. He was assassinated in 192 BC by the Aetolian League and was Sparta's last independent ruler. He represented the last phase of Sparta's reformist period.

Nabis is a genus in the Nabidae family of damsel bugs. It contains the following species:

• Nabis alternatus Parshley, 1922
• Nabis americanus Remane, 1964
• Nabis americoferus Carayon, 1961
• Nabis americolimbatus
• Nabis ancora
• Nabis ashworthi Faúndez & Carvajal 2014
• Nabis biformis
• Nabis blackburni White, 1978
• Nabis brevis
• Nabis capsiformis Germar, 1838
• Nabis christophi
• Nabis curtipennis Blackburn, 1888
• Nabis edax Blatchely, 1929
• Nabis ericetorum
• Nabis ferus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Nabis flavomarginatus
• Nabis fraternus
• Nabis gagneorum Polhemus, 1999
• Nabis giffardi Van Duzee, 1936
• Nabis hispanicus
• Nabis inscriptus (Kirby, 1837)
• Nabis kalmii Reuter, 1872
• Nabis kaohinani (Kirkaldy, 1909)
• Nabis kavahalu (Kirkaldy, 1907)
• Nabis kerasphoros (Kirkaldy, 1907)
• Nabis kinbergii
• Nabis koelensis Blackburn, 1888
• Nabis lativentris
• Nabis limbatus
• Nabis lineatus
• Nabis lolupe (Kirkaldy, 1908)
• Nabis longipes
• Nabis lovetti
• Nabis lusciosus White, 1877
• Nabis mediterraneus
• Nabis meridionalis
• Nabis morai (Kirkaldy, 1902)
• Nabis mumfordi
• Nabis nesiotes (Kirkaldy, 1909)
• Nabis nubicola (Kirkaldy, 1909)
• Nabis nubigenus (Kirkaldy, 1908)
• Nabis occidentalis
• Nabis oscillans Blackburn, 1888
• Nabis palifer
• Nabis pallidus
• Nabis paludicola (Kirkaldy, 1908)
• Nabis pele (Kirkaldy, 1909)
• Nabis persimilis
• Nabis picalis
• Nabis ponticus
• Nabis procellaris (Kirkaldy, 1908)
• Nabis provencalis
• Nabis punctatus
• Nabis reuteri
• Nabis roseipennis Reuter, 1872
• Nabis rubritinctus Blackburn, 1888
• Nabis rufusculus Reuter, 1872
• Nabis sharpianus (Kirkaldy, 1902)
• Nabis silvicola (Kirkaldy, 1908)
• Nabis subrufus White, 1877
• Nabis sylvestris (Kirkaldy, 1908)
• Nabis tarai (Kirkaldy, 1902)
• Nabis truculentus (Kirkaldy, 1908)

Nabis was the last king of an independent Sparta, reigned 207-192 BCE.

Nabis may also refer to:

• Nabis (genus), a genus of insects
• Les Nabis, a Parisian post-Impressionist artistic group
• National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS)