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	Perdiccas
		Perdiccas was the name of three kings of Macedonia, who reigned respectively c.
		Perdiccas, leaving the war in Asia Minor to Eumenes, marched to attack Ptolemy in Egypt.
		A mutiny broke out amongst the troops, disheartened by failure and exasperated by his severity, and Perdiccas was assassinated by some of his officers (321).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pe/Perdiccas.html (277 words)

	Perdiccas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the commander of a battalion of heavy phalanx infantry, Perdiccas distinguished himself at the conquest of Thebes (335 BC), where he was severely wounded.
		In the Partition of Babylon made after Alexander's death (323 BC) Alexander's generals agreed that Philip III of Macedon, an epileptic illegitimate son of Alexander's father Philip II of Macedon, and the unborn child of Alexander's wife Roxana should be recognized as joint kings.
		Perdiccas was assassinated by his officers (Peithon, Antigenes, and Seleucus) sometime between 21 May and 19 June of 320 BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perdiccas (488 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 186 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ptolemy appears to have been from the first regarded by the regent with especial suspicion and distrust, and Perdiccas was only waiting for a plausible pretext to dispossess him of his important government of Egypt.
		That general made his escape to Macedonia, where he revealed to Antipater the full extent of the ambitious schemes of Perdiccas, and thus at once induced Antipater and Craterus to unite in a league with Ptolemy, and openly declare war against the regent.
		It is clear, however, that the dominions of Perdiccas and his immediate successors, comprised but a very small part of the country subsequently known under that name.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2520.html (725 words)

	Perdiccas
		Perdiccas was born as the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Orestes, in Orestis (the mountainous 'lake district' between modern Greece and Albania).
		Perdiccas and his future enemy Ptolemy are mentioned several times as two of Alexander's seven bodyguards.
		At this time, Perdiccas was engaged to Nicaea, the daughter of Antipater, who had been the supreme commander of the Macedonian forces in Europe; Alexander had sent Craterus to replace him, and they had joined forces to suppress the Greek rebellion known as the Lamian war.
	www.livius.org /pen-pg/perdiccas/perdiccas.htm (2343 words)

	pothos.org - Perdiccas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, Perdiccas first gains distinction as being one of the few men who kept their wits about them when Philip II was killed.
		Perdiccas’ ascendancy was clearly assured, at least from this time onwards.
		Perdiccas was stabbed to death in his tent, and the army returned eastwards for a final attempt at carving up the empire peacefully, at Triparadeisos.
	www.pothos.org /alexander.asp?paraID=123&keyword_id=9&title=Perdiccas (968 words)

	Arrianus, Phlegon and other Greek historians
		After Ptolemaeus defeated Perdiccas in Egypt, as was related previously, he took over as much of Perdiccas' army as he wanted, and he also captured Perdiccas' wife, Cleopatra the stepsister of Alexander the Great, who was the daughter of Philippus, but by a different mother who was also called Cleopatra.
		The chief and most influential commanders of the latter were Perdiccas the son of Orontes, Leonnatus the son of Anthes, Ptolemaeus the son of Lagus, Lysimachus the son of Agathocles, Aristonus the son of Pisaeus, Pithon the son of Crateuas, Seleucus the son of Antiochus, and Eumenes of Cardia.
		Perdiccas, under the pretence of reviewing the army, seized the ringleaders of the disturbance, and put them to death in the presence of Arrhidaeus, as if he had ordered it.
	www.attalus.org /translate/fgh.html (5330 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Pyrrhus by Jacob Abbott
		Perdiccas sent a large detachment of troops, under the command of a distinguished general, to meet and encounter Antipater and Craterus in Asia Minor, while he was himself engaged in the Egyptian campaign.
		Perdiccas was soon quite alarmed to observe the degree of dissatisfaction which he had awakened, and the violence of the form which it seemed to be assuming.
		Perdiccas was thus, as it were, caught in a trap—half his army being on one side of the river, and himself, with the remainder, on the other.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=abbott&book=pyrrhus&story=olympias (4650 words)

	Brasidas
		An attack on Eion was foiled by the arrival of Thucydides, the historian, at the head of an Athenian squadron.
		Meanwhile Brasidas joined Perdiccas in a campaign against Arrhabaeus[?], king of the Lyncesti[?], who was severely defeated.
		On the approach of a body of Illyrians, who, though summoned by Perdiccas, unexpectedly declared for Arrhabaeus, the Macedonians fled, and Brasidas's force was rescued from a critical position only by his coolness and ability.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/br/Brasidas.html (554 words)

	Alexanderstomb.com > The tomb of Alexander
		Perdiccas was appointed Regent of the Empire and he immediately contrived the execution of the leaders of the infantry revolt by having them trampled by war elephants at a parade.
		Perdiccas needed her support and was anyway nervous of putting Alexander's corpse into the hands of Ptolemy.
		Whilst Perdiccas and the army left Babylon to campaign in Asia Minor, an officer called Arrhidaeus was left in charge of the construction of a catafalque to carry Alexander's corpse to its distant tomb.
	www.alexanderstomb.com /main/tombstory/index.html (3853 words)

	Hellenistic Period in Anatolia and Asia Minor
		Perdiccas who attempted to hold the empire united for Alexander's son was assassinated while he was on a campaign against Ptolemy in Egypt in 321 BCE.
		Perdiccas' offer was to wait until Alexander's pregnant wife Roxane has given a birth, if it were a son, he would be the legal successor.
		Old Antipater was appointed as the responsible for the state affairs and Antigonus was appointed, in place of Perdiccas, as the chief commander of the Macedonian forces and Cassander was appointed as the chief commander of the cavalry forces.
	www.ancientanatolia.com /historical/hellenistic_period.htm (1496 words)

	Perdiccas - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, Perdiccas first gained distinction as one of the few who kept their wits about them when Philip II was killed.
		Whether this meant that Perdiccas was to be his successor or simply that he had to deal with the current affairs, is not clear; but he became the regent on the death of the king.
		Perdiccas was stabbed to death in his tent, and the army returned eastwards for a final attempt at carving up the empire peacefully, at Triparadeisus.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Perdic%C2%ADcas (1130 words)

	Perdiccas II of Macedon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Perdiccas immediately broke the treaty and marched to Potidaea, while the Athenians were eventually victorious, the battle (along with the Battle of Sybota) directly led to the Peloponnesian War which would ultimately destroy Athenian hegemony in Greece.
		After this altercation, Perdiccas was allied to the Spartans and, in 424, helped the Spartan Brasidas to take Amphipolis from the Athenians, one of her most important colonies, mainly for its ready access to timber for her fleets.
		Argeads: Karanus • Koinos • Tyrimmas • Perdiccas I • Argaeus I • Philip I • Aeropus I • Alcetas I • Amyntas I • Alexander I •
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perdiccas_II_of_Macedon (695 words)

	Antigonus
		Perdiccas was in the strongest position to assume the role, having been Alexander's chief lieutenant during the last months of his riegn.
		Perdiccas with the ring given to him by Alexander and acting as a Chiliarch(Vizier) summoned the council of generals to find a successor to Alexander's empire.
		Perdiccas lost respect among his troops, and was murdered in his tent by a group of his own officers.19 In Asia Eumenes emerged victorious against the coalistion of Antigonus and Craterus, Craterus having died in battle.
	members.tripod.com /~Kekrops/Hellenistic_Files/Antigonus.html (2950 words)

	Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 13
		Perdiccas having enforced these arguments with eloquence peculiar to himself, produced such an effect upon the infantry, that his admonitions were obeyed, and he was unanimously chosen general.
		Such an arrangement being made, Antipater was appointed governor of Macedonia and Greece; the charge of the royal treasure was given to Craterus; the management of the camp, the army, and the war, to Meleager and Perdiccas; and king Aridaeus was commissioned to convey the body of Alexander to the temple of Jupiter Ammon.
		Perdiccas, who was still enraged at the authors of the late disturbance, suddenly gave notice, without the knowledge of his colleague, that there would be a lustration of the camp on the following day on account of the king’s death.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/justin/english/trans13.html (2727 words)

	The Struggle of the Diadochoi
		The sole command of the great army of Asia, assumed by Perdiccas on the death of Meleager, made his position vastly superior to that of his European colleagues, and enabled him to take the entire direction of affairs on his own side of the Hellespont.
		The generals who had received provinces were viewed by Perdiccas as mere governors intrusted with their administration, and answerable to the kings for it.
		Ptolemy declining the regency, it was conferred by the army of Perdiccas on Pithon and ArrhidÊus, two of their generals, who with difficulty maintained their position against the intrigues of Eurydice, the young wife of the mock monarch, Philip Arrhidaeus, until the arrival of Antipater in Syria, to whom they resigned their office.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Diadoch.html (2129 words)

	Alexander's Empire Disintegrates
		Perdiccas did favor making this child Alexander's heir if the child was to be a son.
		Perdiccas went with an army into Egypt against Ptolemy, but when Perdiccas needlessly lost many of his troops crossing the Nile it angered his troops, and they mutinied.
		And with the elimination of Perdiccas, the remaining generals agreed that Antipater should be regent to both Alexander's son and to Philip III.
	www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch12dis.htm (1823 words)

	Gutenkarte » The History of the Peloponnesian War » Chapter 14
		Perdiccas however retorted that he had not brought him with him to arbitrate in their quarrel, but to put down the enemies whom he might point out to him; and that while he, Perdiccas, maintained half his army it was a breach of faith for Brasidas to parley with Arrhabaeus.
		Perdiccas then wished to go on and attack the villages of Arrhabaeus, and to sit still no longer; but Brasidas, afraid that the Athenians might sail up during his absence, and of something happening to Mende, and seeing besides that the Illyrians did not appear, far from seconding this wish was anxious to return.
		From this moment Perdiccas began to regard Brasidas as an enemy and to feel against the Peloponnesians a hatred which could not be congenial to the adversary of the Athenians.
	www.gutenkarte.org /section/7142/14 (8203 words)

	History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part IV, by Risto Stefov
		The Spartans, upset with Perdiccas, were preparing to attack from the south and the fierce Illyrian mercenaries were loose in his kingdom.
		Perdiccas died a year later and was succeeded by his son Archelaus in 413 BC.
		Perdiccas III died in 360 BC defending his homeland and like his father before him, left his kingdom in disarray.
	www.maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov20.html (8070 words)

	the ghenos ARGEADI
		Perdiccas I led the the migration of the tribes of Macedon.
		He strengthened Macedonia by building roads and fortresses, improving army equipment, and encouraging urban life, and his assassination in 399 was followed by six years of anarchy.
		In 359 Amyntas' third son, Philip II, assumed control in the name of Perdiccas' infant heir; having restored order he made himself king (reigned 359-336) and raised Macedonia to a predominant position throughout the whole of Greece.
	www.1stmuse.com /alex3/argeaidos.html (389 words)

	Perdiccas
		Perdiccas was a competent but by no means an outstanding soldier.
		Hephaestion’s death unexpectedly left Perdiccas as the highest ranking officer at Alexander’s court and he was not only appointed commander of the cavalry but took over the function of vizier – the equivalent of prime minister.
		Perdiccas was clearly a brave soldier, but he lacked any real aptitude for senior command in battle and his appointment, although expedient, was almost certainly temporary.
	www.grahamphillips.net /Alexander/Alexander_11.htm (257 words)

	Perdiccas II - Macedonia Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Perdiccas II(Greek: Περδίκας)was King of Macedonia from about 454 BC to 413 BC.
		Perdiccas' brother, Philip, had challenged Perdiccas for the throne of Macedon, and enlisted both the support of Athens and also of king Derdas of Elimea.
		At last, peace was concluded between Perdiccas and the Athenians, but it did not last long, as most of the greatest part of his reign Perdiccas was on hostile terms with the Athenians.
	www.macedoniaontheweb.com /wiki/index.php?title=Perdiccas_II (313 words)

	History of Ancient Macedonia
		The reign of Archelaus, the bastard son of Perdiccas H., though short, was very important for Macedon, since this prince laid the foundation of her military greatness by the attention which he paid to the army, while at the same time he strengthened and improved the country by the construction of highways and of forts.
		Ptolemy declining the regency, it was conferred by the army of Perdiccas on Pithon and Arrhidaeus, two of their generals, who with difficulty maintained their position against the intrigues of Eurydice, the young wife of the mock monarch, Philip Arrhidaeus, until the arrival of Antipater in Syria, to whom they resigned their office.
		The designs of Perdiccas, and his intrigues with Olympias, having been discovered by Antigonus, and the life of that chief being in danger from Perdiccas in consequence, he fled to Europe in the course of B.C. 322, and informed Antipater and Craterus of their peril.
	www.ancientmacedonia.com /Rawlinson.html (11784 words)

	Perdiccas II
		Perdiccas II Perdiccas II Perdiccas II was king of Macedonia from about 454 BC to about 413 BC.
		He was the son of Alexander I. During the Peloponnesian War Perdiccas changed the side on which he fought several times.
		Perdiccas became famous not because he was a good king, but because he murdered most of his family during his reign.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/PerdiccasII.html (205 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Ptolemy's Alexandrian Postscript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Perdiccas sent across successive waves of attackers, led by his corps of Indian elephants, but Ptolemy repulsed the pachyderms with Alexander-like élan, personally blinding the lead beast with a long spear and wounding its mahout.
		Perdiccas therefore posted a line of elephants to their left in order to break the Nile’s flow.
		Perdiccas had lost both Alexander’s body and his divine favor, much to the delight of the man who would be king —and of the crocodiles of his nascent realm.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/200606/ptolemy.s.alexandrian.postscript.htm (2625 words)

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