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Perdiccas (d. May-June 320 BC) was one of Alexander the Great's generals, son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the province of Orestis .
Perdiccas distinguished himself at the conquest of Thebes (335 BC), and held an important command in the Indian campaigns of Alexander. In the settlement made after Alexander's death (323) it was agreed that Arrhidaeus , an epileptic bastard son of the great Philip, and Roxana's unborn child (if a son) should be recognized as joint kings. Perdiccas was appointed, according to one account, guardian and regent, according to another, chiliarch under Craterus. He soon showed himself intolerant of any rivals, and acting in the name of the two kings (Roxana gave birth to a son, Alexander IV) sought to hold the empire together under his own hand.
His most loyal supporter was Eumenes, governor of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia. These provinces had not yet been conquered by the Macedonians, and Antigonus (governor of Phrygia, Lycia and PamphyliaPamphylia in ancient geography, was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean to Mount Taurus. It was bounded on the north by Pisidia and was therefore a country of small extent, having a coast-line) refused to undertake the task at the command of Perdiccas. Having been summoned to the royal presence to stand his trial for disobedience, Antigonus fled to Europe and entered an alliance with AntipaterFor other persons named Antipater, see Antipater (disambiguation). Antipater ( 397- 319 BC) was a Macedonian general, a supporter of Philip and Alexander. He first appears in history as Philip's envoy to Athens, making peace in 347- 346. He aided Alexande, Craterus and PtolemyPtolemy I of Egypt, British Museum, London Ptolemy I ( 367 283 BC; reigned 305 283), founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, son of Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman of Eordaea, was one of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals, and among the seven "body-guards, the son of Lagus.
Perdiccas, leaving the war in Asia Minor to Eumenes, marched to attack Ptolemy in EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797. He reached PelusiumPelusium is a city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of Port Said. Alternative names include Pelousion ( Greek), Sin ( Chaldaic), Seyan ( Aramaic), and Tell el-Farama (modern Arabic). It is named (as "Sin, the strength, but failed to cross the Nile. A mutiny broke out amongst the troops, disheartened by failure and exasperated by his severity, and Perdiccas was assassinated by some of his officers sometime between 21 May and 19 June of 320.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
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