Perdiccas

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Diadochus Macedonian general ancient Macedonian noble regent

Perdiccas was a prominent Macedonian general and regent who, after Alexander the Great’s death, became one of the leading Diadochi vying for control of his empire.

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Label	Occurrences
Perdiccas canonical	16

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Diadochus ⓘ Macedonian general ⓘ ancient Macedonian noble ⓘ regent ⓘ
afterAD	Alexander the Great ⓘ
allegiance	Alexander the Great ⓘ Argead dynasty ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
citizenship	Macedon ⓘ
conflict	Alexander the Great’s campaigns ⓘ Lamian War ⓘ surface form: Lamian War (indirectly as regent) Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ
culture	ancient Greek ⓘ
dateOfDeath	321 BC ⓘ
employer	Alexander the Great ⓘ
engagedTo	Cleopatra of Macedon ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
family	Argead-era Macedonian nobility ⓘ
killedBy	his own officers ⓘ
languageSpoken	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in mutiny ⓘ
militaryBranch	Macedonian army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
notableEvent	Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ surface form: First War of the Diadochi Partition of Babylon ⓘ death of Alexander the Great ⓘ invasion of Egypt ⓘ settlement of the succession after Alexander’s death ⓘ
notableFor	attempt to maintain unity of Alexander’s empire ⓘ centralizing authority as regent ⓘ failed campaign against Ptolemy in Egypt ⓘ
notableWork	administration of the Macedonian Empire after Alexander’s death ⓘ
occupation	general ⓘ regent of the Macedonian Empire ⓘ
opponent	Antipater ⓘ Craterus ⓘ Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ other Diadochi ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Gaugamela ⓘ Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ surface form: Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
placeOfDeath	Egypt ⓘ
positionHeld	chiliarch of the empire ⓘ commander of the Companion cavalry (interim) ⓘ regent of Alexander’s empire ⓘ
regentFor	Alexander IV of Macedon ⓘ Philip III Arrhidaeus ⓘ
spouse	Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) ⓘ surface form: Nicaea (daughter of Antipater)
successor	Antipater ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diadochi → hasPart → Perdiccas ⓘ

Philip III Arrhidaeus → regent → Perdiccas ⓘ

Alexander IV of Macedon → regency → Perdiccas ⓘ

Macedonian army → notableCommander → Perdiccas ⓘ

Antipater → conflictedWith → Perdiccas ⓘ

Craterus → opponent → Perdiccas ⓘ

Peithon → opponent → Perdiccas ⓘ

Peithon → servedUnder → Perdiccas ⓘ

Partition of Babylon → hasParticipant → Perdiccas ⓘ

Cleopatra of Macedon → relative → Perdiccas ⓘ

Eumenes of Cardia → employer → Perdiccas ⓘ

Eumenes of Cardia → allegiance → Perdiccas ⓘ

Eumenes of Cardia → ally → Perdiccas ⓘ

Eumenes of Cardia → servedUnder → Perdiccas ⓘ

Leonnatus → contemporaryOf → Perdiccas ⓘ

Alexander IV → guardian → Perdiccas ⓘ

subject surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon