Perdiccas III of Macedon

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Perdiccas III
King of Macedon
stater of Perdikkas III
Reign	368-359 BC
Predecessor	Alexander II
Successor	Philip II
Issue	Amyntas IV
Dynasty	Argead dynasty
Father	Amyntas III
Mother	Eurydice
Religious beliefs	Ancient Greek religion

Coin of Perdiccas III, with figure of Herakles.

Perdiccas III (Greek: Περδίκκας Γ) was king of Macedonia from 368 to 359 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II.

Son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, he was underage when Alexander II was killed by Ptolemy of Aloros, who then ruled as regent. In 365 BC, Perdiccas killed Ptolemy and assumed government.

Of the reign of Perdiccas, we have very little information. We learn only that he was at one time engaged in hostilities with Athens on account of Amphipolis, and that he was distinguished for his patronage of men of letters. Among these we are told that Euphraeus, a disciple of Plato, rose to so high a place in his favour, as completely to govern the young king, and exclude from his society all but philosophers and geometers.

He also served as Theorodokos^[1] in the Epidaurian Panhellenic games of about 365 BC.

He tried to reconquer upper Macedonia from the Illyrian Bardylis, but the expedition ended in disaster, with the king killed.^[2]

Perdiccas was succeeded by his infant son, Amyntas IV. The throne was soon usurped by Perdiccas' younger brother Philip II.

References

↑ Theocritus, Dioscuri (Idyll 22): by Alexander Sens
↑ Orrieux, Claude. A History Of Ancient Greece, 1999, p. 256, ISBN 0-631-20309-5.

External links

Perdiccas III Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

Perdiccas III of Macedon Argead dynasty Born: Unknown Died: 359 BC
Preceded by Alexander II	King of Macedon 368–359 BC	Succeeded by Amyntas IV

v t e Kings of Macedonia

Argeads	Caranus Coenus Tyrimmas Perdiccas I Argaeus I Philip I Aeropus I Alcetas I Amyntas I Alexander I Alcetas II Perdiccas II Archelaus I Craterus Orestes and Aeropus II Archelaus II Amyntas II Pausanias Argaeus II Amyntas III Alexander II Perdiccas III Amyntas IV Philip II Alexander III (the Great) Philip III Alexander IV

Regents	Ptolemy of Aloros Antipater Polyperchon Cassander

Antipatrids	Cassander Philip IV Alexander V Antipater II Antipater Etesias Sosthenes

Antigonids	Demetrius I Antigonus II Demetrius II Antigonus III Philip V Perseus Andriscus (Philip VI)

Non-dynastic	Lysimachus Pyrrhus Ptolemy Keraunos Meleager

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