Perdiccas (c.360?-320): commander in the army of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great, after his death regent of his mentally unfit successor, Philip Arridaeus. He was the first of the Diadochi ("successors").Early Years
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Pergamon (Greek: τὸ Πέργαμον; Latin Pergamum): city in Teuthrania, famous for a sanctuary of Asclepius, important during the Hellenistic age under the Attalid dynasty. Modern Bergama.Origin
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Attalus I: Independence
When Attalus became ruler of Pergamon (241 BCE), the Galatians demanded the tribute that they had come to expect from Eumenes. This time, however, it was refused.note[Livy, History of Rome 38.16.14.] War broke out, and Eumenes was victorious.…
Perge (Greek: Πέργη): important city in ancient Pamphylia.History
Alexander the Great
According to legend, the Pamphylian towns were founded by Greeks in…
Pericles (c.495-429): Athenian politician, leader of the radical democrats.
Pericles
After the Persian Wars, the Athenian naval victory at Salamis, and the…
Perinthus (Greek Πέρινθος): Greek, later Roman, town on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Marmara, modern Marmara Ereğlisi.History
c.599 BCE: Founded as a Greek colony on the Propontis; two natural harbors (the western one is now dry)
Defeated by the Paeones.note[Herodotus,…
Peroz II: king of Persia, ruling in c.630 CE, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds:
Name: Peroz II
The Sasanian king Khusrau II fought a long war against the Byzantines, but was defeated by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, and replaced by his…
Persepolis (Old Persian Pârsa, modern Takht-e Jamshid): Greek name of one of the capitals of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, founded by king Darius the Great (r.522-486 BCE). There were several satellite sites, Naqš-e Rustam and Takht-e Rustam.Darius
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Persepolis fortification tablets: large collection of ancient Persian cuneiform administrative texts, written between 506 and 497 BCE. They are one of the most important sources for the study of the administration of the Achaemenid Empire.Persepolis was one of the capitals…