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Parmenion
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Parmenion (also Parmenio; ; 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief military lieutenant and Alexander's strategos (military general). He was assassinated after his son Philotas was convicted on a charge of treason. His siblings Asander and Agathon would also become prominent members of Alexander's Macedonia.
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Parmenion was a male politician and military leader from Macedonia, born in Greece in 400 BCE. He served as a general in the Ancient Macedonian army, specifically within the Pezhetairos branch, and held the positions of strategos and satrap. His father was Philotas, and his siblings included Asander and Agathon. Parmenion spoke Ancient Greek and was a citizen of Macedonia.
He participated in the Expansion of Macedonia under Philip II and the Wars of Alexander the Great, including the Battle of the Granicus and the Battle of Gaugamela. Parmenion had two children, Philotas and Nicanor, and was related to Attalus and Coenus. He died in 329 BCE in Ecbatana by capital punishment.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Über suspekte zytologische Befunde bei gutartigen Portioveränderungen
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 46
- Total plays
- 120
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Early surgical treatment vs conservative management for spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hematomas: a prospective randomized study
· 2006 · cited 142x
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· 2013 · cited 97x
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· 2010 · cited 75x
- Early management of adult traumatic spinal cord injury in patients with polytrauma: a consensus and clinical recommendations jointly developed by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) & the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
· 2024 · cited 46x
- Surgical treatment of patients with unilateral cerebellar infarcts: clinical outcome and prognostic factors
· 2011 · cited 36x
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Key facts
- Military person.battles
- Expansion of Macedonia under Philip II Philip's Illyrian Campaigns Wars of Alexander the Great Battle of the Granicus Battle of Issus Battle of Gaugamela
- Military person.children
- Philotas, Nikanor
- Military person.relations
- Asander (brother), Agathon (brother), Attalus
- Military person.honorific_prefix
- General
- Military person.name
- Parmenion
- Military person.native_name
- Παρμενίων
- Military person.native_name_lang
- el
- Military person.birth_date
- 400 BC
- Military person.death_date
- 330 BC (aged 69–70 years old)
- Military person.death_place
- Ecbatana, Media, Macedonia
- Military person.allegiance
- Macedonia
- Military person.serviceyears
- 356–330 BC
- Military person.rank
- General (strategos)
- Military person.commands
- Pezhetairos
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Place of birth
- Greece
- Place of death
- Ecbatana
- Father
- Philotas
- Sibling
- Agathon
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- strategos
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Conflict
- Battle of Gaugamela
- Military branch
- Pezhetairos
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Allar-Alexandre.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 0400-01-01
- date of death
- 0329-01-01
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- allegiance
- Macedonia
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- SV Stahl Thale
- relative
- Coenus
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Military service to Philip II
- Military service to Alexander
- Campaign against the Persian Empire
- Assassination
- In fiction
- References
- External links
Parmenion (also Parmenio; ; 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief military lieutenant and Alexander's strategos (military general). He was assassinated after his son Philotas was convicted on a charge of treason. His siblings Asander and Agathon would also become prominent members of Alexander's Macedonia.
== Military service to Philip II == During the reign of Philip II, Parmenion achieved a great victory over the Illyrians in 356 BC. Ten years later, Parmenion destroyed the southern Thessalian town of Halos. He was one of the Macedonian delegates appointed to conclude peace with Athens in 346 BC, and was sent with an army to oversee Macedonian influence in Euboea in 342 BC.
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