Nikanor (Hetairos)

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Nikanor was one of the hetairoi (companions, friends) of Alexander the Great . In 327 BC In BC Alexander commissioned him to administer Alexandria in Parapamisos . A year later he was appointed satrap of the areas conquered west of the Indus . Shortly afterwards he was killed in an uprising by the Assakans .

swell

  • Arrian 4.22.5; 4.28.6; 5.20.7

literature

  • Helmut Berve : The Alexander Empire on a prosopographical basis. Volume 2: Prosopography. CH Beck, Munich 1926, No. 556.
personal data
SURNAME Nikanor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Macedonian officer and satrap at the time of Alexander the Great
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 326 BC Chr.