Asander
General Asander | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Άσανδρoς |
| Allegiance | General (Strategos) |
| Relations | Parmenion (Brother), Agathon (Brother) |
| Other work | Satrap |
Asander or Asandros (
Rule
Satrap of Lydia
In 334 BC Alexander appointed him governor of
Satrap of Caria
In the division of the empire after the death of Alexander in 323, Asander obtained Caria for his satrapy, in which he was afterwards confirmed by Antipater.[8][9][10] While acting as satrap of Caria he fought at the command of Antipater against Attalus and Alcetas, both supporters of Perdiccas,[8] but was defeated by them. He also supported the Iranian colonists in Caria by increasing the position of local Zoroastrians.[11]
In 317, while
In 313 Antigonus decided to march against Asander and forced him to conclude a treaty with him under which he was required to surrender his whole army,[9] to restore the areas he had expanded into back to the satraps who had previously controlled those areas, to regard his satrapy of Caria as subject to the gift of Antigonus,[15] and to surrender his brother Agathon as a hostage. After a few days Asander breached this humiliating treaty. He managed to get his brother out of the hands of Antigonus and sent ambassadors to Ptolemy and Seleucus seeking their assistance. Antigonus was indignant at these acts and immediately sent out an army to restore the territories covered by the treaty by force of arms. Caria also appears to have been conquered and from this time Asander disappears from the historical record.[16]
Coinage
During his tenure in Caria, Asander minted several types of coins at
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Coin of Philip III Arrhidaios, Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC, in the name and types of Alexander the Great. -
Coin of Philip III Arrhidaios, Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC -
Coin of Philip III Arrhidaios, Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC -
Coin of Philip III Arrhidaios, Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC
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- Anabasis Alexandri, i. 18
- Anabasis Alexandri, iv. 7
- ^ a b Smith, William (1880). Abaeus-Dysponteus. Ohio State University: J. Murray.
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- ^ a b c Rawlinson, George (1881). A Manual of Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire: Comprising the History of Chaldæa, Assyria, Media, Babylonia, Lydia, Phœnicia, Syria, Judæa, Egypt, Carthage, Persia, Greece, Macedonia, Rome, and Parthia. Harper & brothers.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Asander (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
