Philippos (son of Machata)

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The "Indian satrapies" of the Alexander Empire. The northern province with the capital Alexandria on the Indus was subordinate to Philip.

Philippos ( Greek  Φίλιππος ; † 326 or 325 BC), son of Machatas and brother of Harpalus , was a soldier and governor of Alexander the Great .

He is first used on the Asian campaign in 327 BC. BC, where he was an officer in the department of Ptolemy during the fighting against the Aspasier . He was then appointed in Taxila as the satrap of a newly created province that included all the land east of the Indus to the Hydaspes . When shortly afterwards the hyparchos of the country west of the Indus ( Gandhara ), Nikanor , fell in the fight against the revolting Assakenians, Philip and the satrap of Parapamisdae, Tyriespis , put down this uprising. Thereupon Philip received the province of Gandhara for administration. In order to be able to guarantee stable rule in these regions, Alexander left all Thracian troops and several mercenaries behind when he moved on.

Philippos' rulership largely encompassed the north of present-day Pakistan and the east of present-day Afghanistan . The southern limit of his satrapy marked the confluence of the Akesines in the Indus. At this confluence he also founded the city of Alexandria (today Uch in Punjab ), in the north were the cities of Bukephala and Taxiles. The south bordering province, which reached as far as the mouth of the Indus in the Arabian Sea , was given to the general Peithon . Both provinces represent the extreme east of the Alexander Empire and were usually both referred to as " India ", which is why they are often confused with one another.

Philip was born in the course of the year 326 BC. BC or 325 BC In a revolt of those mercenaries who were supposed to be under his command, murdered. Alexander put Eudemos and the Indian local king Omphis ("Taxiles") in Philippos' satrapy .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arrian , Anabasis 4.24.10
  2. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 5.8.3
  3. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 6.2.3
  4. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 6.15.3
  5. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis 6.27.2; Curtius Rufus 10.1.20-21
personal data
SURNAME Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Macedonian general and governor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 326 BC BC or 325 BC Chr.