Philip (son of Alexandros I)

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Philippos ( Greek  Φίλιππος ; † before 429 BC) was one of five sons of King Alexander I of Macedonia from the Argead dynasty .

When the father died around 450 BC In BC Philippos and his brother Alketas (II.) Were each assigned an autonomous sub-principality (archai) of the Macedonian kingdom, the king of which was the eldest brother Perdiccas II . The representation of Thucydides shows that the principality of Philip was on the lower Axios (Vardar) , on the border of the Macedonian domain in Paionia to the territories of the Thracians , with Eidomene, Gortynia and Atalante as well-known cities. Philip had two sons, Amyntas († after 429 BC) and Agerrhos († after 423/2 BC).

Perdiccas II seems to have rejected the father's disposition of inheritance shortly after he came to power by establishing direct rule over the archai of his brothers. While Alketas (II.), Who was considered a drunkard, submitted to it, Philip defended himself against his brother by force of arms. He allied himself to this in 433 BC. BC with Derdas I , the prince of Elimiotis , and shortly afterwards also with Athens . Nevertheless, he lost his empire and stayed at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War as an expelled prince with the Athenians.

No later than 429 BC In the 3rd century BC Philippos died, because in that year the Thracian king Sitalkes conquered the cities of his former principality, which he intended to hand over to Philippos' son Amyntas. However, Sitalkes and Perdiccas II later agreed on a peace in which the former Philippos principality remained under the rule of the Macedonian king.

literature

  • Fritz Geyer: Macedonia up to Philip II's accession to the throne. In: Historical magazine. Vol. 30 (1930), pp. 1-148 (on Philippos, pp. 50-52).
  • Fritz Geyer: Philippos 11). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIX, 2, Stuttgart 1938, Col. 2331.
  • JW Cole: Perdiccas and Athens. In: Phoenix. Vol. 28 (1974), pp. 55-72.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Thucydides 2, 100, 3.
  2. ↑ On Amyntas see Thucydides 2, 100, 3 and on Agerrhos, who 423/2 BC. BC also attested to the peace treaty between Perdiccas II and Athens, see Inscriptiones Graecae I³ 89 .
  3. ↑ Plato , Gorgias 471a-b.
  4. ↑ Thucydides 1, 57, 3; 2, 95, 2.
  5. ↑ Thucydides 1, 57, 3; 1, 61, 4.
  6. ↑ Thucydides 2, 100, 3; Diodorus 12, 50, 4.
personal data
SURNAME Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of Alexander I (Macedonia)
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH before 429 BC Chr.