Officer

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Peithon (1)

Peithon (c.355-c.314): Macedoniann officer, bodyguard of Alexander the Great, satrap of Media, one of the Diadochi.Peithon was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordia in western Macedonia. He took part in the campaign of Alexander the Great, and is…

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Peithon (2)

Peithon (d.312): Macedonian officer, appointed as satrap of southern India by Alexander the Great, served after the king's death under Antigonus Monophthalmus.Peithon was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Agenor and served as an officer in the army of…

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Perdiccas

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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Peucestas (1)

Peucestas: Macedonian officer in the army of Alexander the Great, satrap of Persis.Peucestas was born in the Macedonian town Mieza (modern Naousa) as the son of an otherwise unknown Alexander. The stages of his early career are unknown to us and…

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Phameas

Phameas: Carthaginian cavalry officer during the Third Punic War. Armor of a Carthaginian officer (Ksour es-Saf) In the third century BCE, Rome and Carthage…

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Philotas

Philotas: Macedonian cavalry officer, executed by Alexander the Great in October 330.Alexander became king of Macedonia in October 336, but he was not the only candidate. One of the rivals, a man named Attalus, was put to death by Parmenion,…

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