{"slug": "parmenion", "label": "Parmenion", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenion", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296233", "qid": "Q296233", "description": "Ancient Macedonian general", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [-399, -325], "span_label": ["400 BCE", "326 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alexander-the-great", "label": "Alexander the Great", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ecbatana", "label": "Ecbatana", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "damascus", "label": "Damascus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "phoenicia", "label": "Phoenicia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaza-city", "label": "Gaza City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-macedon", "label": "Philip II of Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "amphipolis", "label": "Amphipolis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "asia-minor", "label": "Asia Minor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -399, "year_label": "400 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Parmenion, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great (d. 330 BC).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361270863#Births", "title": "400 BC", "revid": 1361270863, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -356, "year_label": "357 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Macedonian general, Parmenion, wins a great victory over the Illyrians. King Philip II of Macedon, having disposed of an Illyrian threat, occupies the Athenian city of Amphipolis (which commands the gold mines of Mount Pangaion). Philip II now has control of the strategic city which secures the eastern frontier of Macedonia and gives him access into Thrace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210250153#Macedonia", "title": "357 BC", "revid": 1210250153, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonia"}}, {"year": -335, "year_label": "336 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Macedonian troops, commanded by Parmenion, trusted lieutenant of Philip II, arrive in Asia Minor, but are driven back by Persian forces under the command of the Greek mercenary Memnon of Rhodes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172867#Macedonia", "title": "336 BC", "revid": 1354172867, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonia"}}, {"year": -332, "year_label": "333 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "From Issus, Alexander marches south into Syria and Phoenicia, his object being to isolate the Persian fleet from its bases and so to destroy it as an effective fighting force. The Phoenician cities of Marathus and Aradus do not resist Alexander's armies. Parmenion is sent ahead to try to secure Damascus and its rich booty, including Darius' war chest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361013620#Events", "title": "333 BC", "revid": 1361013620, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -331, "year_label": "332 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Leaving Parmenion in Syria, Alexander advances south without opposition until he reaches Gaza where bitter resistance halts him for two months, and he sustains a serious shoulder wound during a sortie.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322067290#Macedonia", "title": "332 BC", "revid": 1322067290, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonia"}}, {"year": -329, "year_label": "330 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "At Phrada, in Drangiana, Philotas, Parmenion's son and commander of the elite Macedonian companion cavalry, is implicated in an alleged plot against Alexander's life. He is condemned by the army, and executed. A secret message is sent by Alexander to Cleander, Parmenion's second in command, who obediently kills Parmenion at Ecbatana in Media for fear that he will rise up in revolt at the news of his son's death. All of Parmenion's adherents are now eliminated and men close to Alexander are promoted.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326554346#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "330 BC", "revid": 1326554346, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -329, "year_label": "330 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Before continuing his pursuit of Darius III, who has retreated into Bactria, Alexander assembles all the Persian treasure and entrusts it to Harpalus, who is to hold it at Ecbatana as chief treasurer. Parmenion is also left behind in Media to manage communications between Alexander and the rest of his rapidly growing lands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326554346#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "330 BC", "revid": 1326554346, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -329, "year_label": "330 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Parmenion (also Parmenio), Macedonian general (murdered) (b. c. 400 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326554346#Deaths", "title": "330 BC", "revid": 1326554346, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -325, "year_label": "326 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Coenus, son of Polemocrates and son-in-law of Parmenion and one of Alexander the Great's generals in his Persian and Indian expeditions", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279205798#Deaths", "title": "326 BC", "revid": 1279205798, "section": "Deaths"}}]}