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Basilikoi paides
(197 words)
[German version] (βασιλικοὶ παῖδες;
basilikoì paîdes). Lat.
pueri regii, pages of the Macedonian king: boys recruited from aristocracy as hostages and as a ‘nursery for army leaders and officers’ (Curt. 8,6,6). Alexander [4] kept more than 50 of them. They accompanied and guarded the king, rendered personal services, and were kept under strict discipline (Curt. 8,6,2-6), hence the Greeks often referred to them as slaves. It is not certain whether the older ones fo…
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Abisares
(184 words)
[German version] Indian prince named after his tribe (the Abhisari), who was allied with Poros. His territory reached from the southern chain of the Karakorum to Kashmir in the east and Hazera (near Rawalpindi) in the west. He supported the resistance to Alexander [4] in Swat (Arr. Anab. 4,27,7; 30,7), but then sent him pr…
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Sibyrtius
(148 words)
[German version] (Σιβύρτιος;
Sibýrtios). Friend of Peucestas [2]. He was installed as satrap of Carmania by Alexander [4] in 325 BC, but was soon redeployed to Gedrosia with Arachosia and Oreitae (Arr. Anab. 6,27,1) and was confirmed in office by Perdiccas [4] and Antipater [1]; after 323, however, only Arachosia is mentioned (Diod. 18,3,3; Arr. FGrH 156 F 9,36). He allied himself to Eumenes [1] (Diod. 19,14,6), but had…
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Phila
(220 words)
(Φίλα;
Phíla). [German version] [1] One of the wives of Philip [4] II. According to Satyrus in Ath. 13,557c, one of the wives of Philippus [4] II, sister of Derdas [3] and Machatas [1]. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) [German version] [2] Wi…
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Mylleas
(46 words)
[German version] (Μυλλέας;
Mylléas). Son of Zoilus from Beroea [1]. In 326 BC he was one of the trierarchs of Alexander [4] the Great's Indus fleet (Arr. Ind. 18,6). M.'s son Alexander was granted citizenship in Athens (IG II/III2 710). Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA)
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Argeads
(188 words)
[German version] First Macedonian royal house, emerged into history under Amyntas [1], ruled the Macedonian coastal plain from Aegae around 510 BC. Amyntas submitted to Darius and was rewarded with territorial expansion and connections to the Achaemenids. His …
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Deditio
(298 words)
[German version]
Deditio in potestatem or ─ with a similar meaning ─ deditio
in fidem (Pol. 20,9,10-12),was an autonomous state's, nominally, always voluntary surrender of sovereignty to Rome. It was the precondition for the peaceful end of war, and in peace for securing the protection of Rome. After formal acceptance of
deditio by the Senate or an appropriately authorized (pro-)magistrate with
imperium the surrendered community ceased to exist. Its citizens, gods and possessions became the property of Rome, and …
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Abdalonymus
(57 words)
[German version] Impoverished offspring of a king of Sidon, put in the place of Straton as city-king by Alexander [4] and outfitted richly. Embellished in Curt. 4,2,15-26 and Diod. Sic. 17,47 as a philosophical novella. He is probably the person for whom the Alexander Sarcophagus was made. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography Berve II no. 1.
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Spitamenes
(197 words)
[German version] (Σπιταμένης/
Spitaménēs). Prince in Sogdiana, father of Apama [1] (Arr. Anab. 7,4,6), remained loyal to Bessus after the death of Darius [3] until he despaired of him and in 329 BC, in concert with Dataphernes, handed him over to Alexander [4] (thus Aristobulus [7]; Ptolemaeus [1] wrote himself into the action: Arr. Anab. 3,30). After Alexander's departure S. triggered a partisan war, supported by Bactrian princes and Sacae tribes, who also give hi…
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Atropates
(106 words)
[German version] (Ἀτροπάτης;
Atropátēs). Median ruler and satrap of Darius, fought at Gaugamela and accompanied him in flight. After Darius' death he joined Alexander [4] and received his satrapy once again. He took a vanquished Median pretender to the throne to the king in 324 BC. As a reward, his daughter was married to Perdiccas at the weddings of Susa. He is supposed to have given Alexander 100 Amazons (Arr. Anab. 7,13). Perdiccas assigne…
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Cyn(n)ane
(85 words)
[German version] (Κυν(ν)άνη;
Kyn(n)ánē). Daughter of Philippus II and an Illyrian, born around 357 BC. Brought up in a martial way, she is said to have participated in Philip's battles. In 338/7 C. married Amyntas [4] and bore Eurydice [3] with whom she lived in Macedonia after the death of Amyntas. In 322 C. accompanied Eurydice to Asia with an army as a bride for Arridaeus [4]. C. was murdered by Alcetas [4] and given a royal burial by Cassander. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography Berve, no. 456.
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Myllenas
(59 words)
[German version] (Μυλλένας;
Myllénas). Scribe of Alexander [4] the Great, was to lead lightly armed infantry along by-ways to the summit of the Aornus [2] (Curt. 8,11,5: Mullinus). The enterprise failed. He is probably the Macedonian M., son of Asander, who was accorded the
proxenía with privileges in Eretria (IG XII 9, 197). Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA)
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Barsaentes
(69 words)
[German version] (Βαρσαέντης;
Barsaéntēs). Under Darius satrap of Arachosia and Drangiana; commanded the Arachotes and the neighbouring Indians in the battle of Gaugamela. He murdered Darius in mid 330 BC together with Bessus and Nabarzanes, then fled to his satrapy and from there to India. When Alexander [4] reached the Indus, B. was handed over to him and executed. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliog…
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Lanice
(73 words)
[German version] (Λανίκη/
Laníkē; probably a short form of Ἑλλανίκη,
Hellaníkē, Curt. 8,1,21). Sister of Cleitus [6], wet-nurse of Alexander [4], who allegedly plaintively called on her after Cleitus' death (Arr. Anab. 4,9,3f.; Curt. 8,2,8f.). L.'s husband is unknown. Two of her sons fell at Miletus, one - Proteas - became famous as a drinking-companion of Alexander (Ath. 4,129a; Ael. VH 12,26). Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography…
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Balacrus
(208 words)
(Βάλακρος;
Bálakros). Various men with this name served as officers under Alexander [4] the Great. [German version] [1] Satrap of Cilicia, after 333 BC Son of a certain Nicanor, married Phila, daughter of …
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