Parmenion

General

Parmenion
General; Parmenion
Native name	Παρμενίων
Born	400 BC
Died	330 BC (aged 69–70 years old); Ecbatana, Media, Macedonia
Allegiance	Macedonia
Years of service	356 - 330 BC
Rank	General (strategos)
Commands held	Pezhetairos
Battles/wars	Expansion of Macedonia under Philip II; Wars of Alexander the Great Battle of the Granicus; Battle of Issus; Battle of Gaugamela; ;
Children	Philotas, Nikanor
Relations	Asander (brother), Agathon (brother), Attalus

Parmenion (also Parmenio; Greek: Παρμενίων; c. 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great.^[1]^[2] A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief military lieutenant and Alexander's strategos (military general). He was assassinated after his son Philotas was convicted on a charge of treason.^[3]^[4] His siblings Asander and Agathon would also become prominent members of Alexander's Macedonia.^[5]^[6]

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Parmenio". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 853.
^ Smith, William (1902) [1849]. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. University of California: John Murray.
^ Sanchez, Juan Pablo (September 27, 2018). "How suspicion and intrigue eroded Alexander's empire". History Magazine. National Geographic. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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