Perdiccas

Ancient Macedonian military commander

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Lived -365–-321, aged 44
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    -365–-321
    Aged 44
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Updated 2026-06-09

Alexander the Great handed him the signet ring on his deathbed, and for three years Perdiccas ruled the largest empire on earth — not as king, but as regent for a mentally disabled half-brother and an infant. The generals who served beside him had other plans.

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Born to Macedonian nobility around 355 BC, Perdiccas rode as one of Alexander's elite cavalry commanders and bodyguards, distinguishing himself at Thebes and Gaugamela and marching all the way to India. When Alexander died in 323 BC, Perdiccas became supreme commander of the army and regent for two incapable kings: Philip III Arrhidaeus, intellectually disabled, and Alexander IV, a child. He crushed revolts, assassinated rivals like Meleager, and tried to shore up an empire conquered too fast to hold. His move to marry Cleopatra of Macedon — Alexander's sister, and a path to the throne — turne…

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