Craterus
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.5|In 321 BC, Craterus was killed in the battle in which Eumenes defeated Neoptolemus, in the [[Battle of the Hellespont (321 BC), Wars of the Diadochi. 1878 engraving.]] Craterus, also spelled Krateros (; 370 BC – 321 BC), was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. Throughout his life, he was a loyal supporter of Alexander the Great.
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- Born
- 0370-00-00
- Died
- 0321-01-01
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The fragments from his collection of Athenian decrees : psēphismatōn synagōgē = de Crateri psephismaton synagoge et de logis Aliquot Plutarchi ex ea petitis
- Fragments from His Collection of Athenian Decress
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Key facts
- Military person.name
- Craterus
- Military person.native_name
- Κόνων
- Military person.image
- Lion hunt mosaic from Pella.jpg
- Military person.caption
- Alexander and Craterus in a lion hunt, mosaic in Pella
- Military person.birth_date
- 370 BC
- Military person.death_date
- 321 BC (aged 49)
- Military person.allegiance
- Macedonia
- Military person.serviceyears
- 334 - 321 BC
- Military person.spouse
- Amastris (m. 324 BC) Phila (m. 322 BC)
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Key dates
- Born
- 370 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 321 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Place of birth
- Macedonia
- Place of death
- Dardanelles
- Spouse
- Phila
- Child
- Craterus
- Sibling
- Amphoterus
- Occupation
- historian
- Position held
- strategos
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thumb|upright=1.5|In 321 BC, Craterus was killed in the battle in which Eumenes defeated Neoptolemus, in the [[Battle of the Hellespont (321 BC), Wars of the Diadochi. 1878 engraving.]] Craterus, also spelled Krateros (; 370 BC – 321 BC), was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. Throughout his life, he was a loyal supporter of Alexander the Great.
Craterus was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander from Orestis and brother of admiral Amphoterus. Craterus commanded the phalanx and all infantry on the left wing in Battle of Issus in 333 BC. In Hyrcania, he was sent on a mission against the Tapurians, his first independent command with the Macedonian army. At the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC, near modern Jhelum, he commanded the rearguard, which stayed on the western bank; his men crossed the river only during the final stages of the battle.