# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aretes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:19.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aretes"
name: "Aretes"
slug: "aretes"
description: "Aretes or Aretas was a Macedonian general. At the Battle of Gaugamela, he commanded the sarissophoroi, a unit of versatile cavalry, adept at scouting, but with an ability for close-combat in battle. He replaced Protomachus as the commander of this unit. At Gaugamela, the sarissophoroi were responsible for finally routing the Persian left wing cavalry, winning the battle in this sector. In their final charge, the sarissophoroi broke the Massagetae heavy cavalry, Aretes personally killing their leader."
tagline: "Macedonian general"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-350"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.51
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.337077333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Арета (военачальник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Арет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretes"
    title: "Aretes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretes"
    title: "Aretes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%A9t%C3%A8s"
    title: "Arétès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Арет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretes"
    title: "Aretes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q474974"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump