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Perdiccas

Perdiccas (Greek: Περδίκκας, Perdikkas; c. 355 BC – 320 BC) was a Macedonian general and bodyguard (somatophylax) of Alexander the Great, and the regent of Alexander's empire after his death. When Alexander was dying, he entrusted his signet ring to Perdiccas, initially the most pre-eminent of the successors due to being second-in-command. Perdiccas…

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Career under Alexander

Macedonian phalanxHeavy infantryBalkan campaigns of AlexanderIllyrianThebes
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Civil war and invasion of Egypt

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Regent of Alexander's empire

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GreekMacedonianAlexander the GreatRegentSignet ring
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Occupation
General Regent
Allegiance
Macedonia
Battles/wars
Wars of Alexander the Great Battle of Thebes Battle of Gaugamela Battle of Hydaspes · Battle of Thebes · Battle of Gaugamela · Battle of Hydaspes · First War of the Diadochi X
Born
c. 355 BC
Cause of death
Killed by his own soldiers
Died
320 BC (aged 34–36)

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Perdiccas

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Perdiccas

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related to Campaign against Ptolemy · 40
Perdiccas → Alcetas, Alexander IV, Antipater, Archon, Aristonous, As, Asia Minor, Atalante, Attalus, Babylon, Before Perdiccas, Cardia, Cilicia, Cleitus, Cleopatra, Craterus, Cypriot, Cyprus, Damascus, Docimus
related to Regent of Alexander's empire · 31
Perdiccas → Alcetas, Alexander, Alexander IV, Alexander's, Antipater, Aristonous, Attalus, Babylon, BC, Carthaginian Empire, Cleomenes, Craterus, Egypt, Empire, Eumenes, Great's, Last Plans, Modern, Naucratis, North Africa
related to Career under Alexander · 26
Perdiccas → According, Achaemenid Persian Empire, Afterward, Alexander, Alexander's, Arrian, Balkan, Battle, BC, Compared, Diodorus Siculus, For, Granicus, He, Historian Alexander Demandt, Illyrian, In, Macedon, Macedonian, Perdiccas's
related to Assassination · 24
Perdiccas → Alexander, Alexander's, Angry, Antigenes, Antipater, Arrhidaeus, Battle, BC, Craterus, Egypt, Eumenes, Following, Hellespont, His, Historian Edward Anson, Macedonian, Neoptolemus, News, Partition, Peithon
related to background · 24
Perdiccas → According, Alcetas, Alexander, Argead, Arrian, Atalante, Attalus, BC, Great, He, In, King Philip II, Lagus, Little, Macedon, Macedonian, Orestis, Orontes, Pausanias, Pella
related to Marriage and war · 24
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related to Debate for leadership · 21
Perdiccas → Alexander, Alexander IV, Alexander's, Another, Antipater, Aristonous, Asia, Craterus, Empire, If, Leonnatus, Macedon, Macedonian, Macedonian-controlled Europe, Other, Ptolemy, Roxana, Roxana's, The, This
related to Siege of Babylon · 21
Perdiccas → Alexander IV, Alexander's, Antipater, Babylon, Cardia, Craterus, Eumenes, Greece, Guardian, He, Macedon, Meleager, Meleager's, Philip III, Roxana, Royal Family, Soon, Though, To, When
related to Theft of the body of Alexander the Great · 19
Perdiccas → Aegae, Alexander's, Antipater, Archon, Arrhidaeus, Babylon, BC, Cleomenes, Craterus, Cyrenaica, Egypt, In, Macedon, Macedonia, Memphis, Partition, Ptolemy, Since, The
related to Character · 15
Perdiccas → Alexander, Alexander's, Although Perdiccas, Anson, Arrian, Conversely, Diodorus Siculus, Heckel, His, James Romm, Ptolemy, Ptolemy's, The, This, When

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PerdiccasAllegianceMacedonia1.00infobox
PerdiccasBattles/warsWars of Alexander the Great Battle of Thebes Battle of Gaugamela Battle of Hydaspes1.00infobox
PerdiccasBattles/warsBattle of Thebes1.00infobox
PerdiccasBattles/warsBattle of Gaugamela1.00infobox
PerdiccasBattles/warsBattle of Hydaspes1.00infobox
PerdiccasBattles/warsFirst War of the Diadochi X1.00infobox
PerdiccasBornc. 355 BC1.00infobox
PerdiccasCause of deathKilled by his own soldiers1.00infobox
PerdiccasDied320 BC (aged 34–36)1.00infobox
PerdiccasMonarchsAlexander IV and Philip III1.00infobox
PerdiccasOccupationGeneral Regent1.00infobox
PerdiccasParentOrontes (father)1.00infobox
PerdiccasPreceded byLast held by Ptolemy of Aloros (368–365 BC)1.00infobox
PerdiccasSpouse(s)Daughter of Atropates Nicaea of Macedon1.00infobox
PerdiccasSucceeded byPeithon and Arrhidaeus1.00infobox
PerdiccasYears of service335 – 320 BC1.00infobox

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