Philip (satrap)

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Philippos ( Greek  Φίλιππος ; † probably 318 BC ) was a soldier of Alexander the Great and one of his diadochi .

He may have participated in Alexander's campaign in Asia, but to what extent he could have been identical with the officer Philip, son of Menelaus , cannot be determined.

Philip is mentioned for the first time in the imperial order of Babylon after the death of Alexander in 323 BC. Named as satrap of the provinces of Bactria and Sogdia . This naming of Diodorus is problematic, since Dexippus only mentions him in possession of Sogdia, while Justin does not mention him at all and instead names Amyntas and a Scythaneus as governors of the two provinces. At least Justin's statements are today largely recognized as an error, as the person of Scythaneus alone is not mentioned by any of the other Alexander historians. Philip is likely to have held both provinces before Alexander's death, which in Babylon was only confirmed by the new leadership of Perdiccas .

In the first diadoch war Philip, like all satraps of the "upper provinces", played no role. But at the conference of Triparadeisos in 320 BC. He was removed from office by the victors and replaced by Stasanor . Instead he was entrusted with the governorship of the province of Parthia . His further fate is speculative. When in 318 BC When the satrap Peithon attacked the "upper provinces" by the media and conquered Parthia, he killed the strategos Philotas . Today this information is often interpreted as a confusion of the name Diodorus and instead identified Philippos with the slain strategos .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diodorus March 18, 3
  2. ↑ Dexippos, FrGrHist 100 F8 §6; Justin 4/13/23
  3. ↑ Diodorus 18:39; Arrian , successor 1.35
  4. ↑ Diodorus 19.14.1
personal data
SURNAME Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Macedonian general and governor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 318 BC Chr.