Ariston of Paionia
Ariston (Greek: Ἀρίστων) was a member of the Paionian royal house, possibly brother of King Patraus and father of the later king, Audoleon.[1] His service with Alexander the Great, like that of the Thracian Sitalces II and others, helped to ensure the loyalty of his nation to Macedon in the King's absence. He was the commander of the unit of Paionian cavalry. Initially only one squadron strong, the Paionians received 500 reinforcements in Egypt and a further 600 at Susa.[2]
At the Battle of Gaugamela, the Paionian cavalry were placed on the right flank with the sarissophoroi. In 331 BC, the Paionian cavalry routed a large force of Persian cavalry near the Tigris, Ariston personally slew the Persian leader Satropates; he then presented Alexander with the Persian's severed head. He asked Alexander for a gold cup as a reward for his feat, and the king publicly saluted him and drank to his health.[3][4]
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Bibliography
- Ashley, J.R. (2004) The Macedonian Empire: The Era of Warfare Under Philip II and Alexander the Great, 359-323 B.C. McFarland.
- Heckel, W. (1992) The Marshalls of Alexander's Empire, Psychology Press
- Heckel, W. (2006) Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire
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- Attalus
- Parmenion
- Antipater
- Eumenes
(Alexander's bodyguards)
Partition of Babylon
(323 BC)
- Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
- Philo (Illyria)
- Lysimachus (Thrace)
- Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
- Antigonus (Phrygia)
- Asander (Caria)
- Nearchus (Lycia and Pamphylia)
- Menander (Lydia)
- Philotas(3) (Cilicia)
- Eumenes (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
- Ptolemy (Egypt)
- Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
- Neoptolemus (Armenia)
- Peucestas (Babylonia)
- Arcesilas (Mesopotamia)
- Peithon (Media)
- Tlepolemus (Persia)
- Nicanor(2) (Parthia)
- Antigenes (Susiana)
- Archon (Pelasgia)
- Philip (Hyrcania)
- Stasanor (Aria and Drangiana)
- Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
- Amyntas (Bactria)
- Scythaeus (Sogdiana)
Partition of Triparadisus
(321 BC)
- Antipater (Macedon and Greece)
- Lysimachus (Thrace)
- Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phrygia)
- Antigonus (Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia)
- Cassander (Caria)
- Cleitus the White (Lydia)
- Philoxenus (Cilicia)
- Nicanor(2) (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia)
- Ptolemy (Egypt)
- Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria)
- Peucestas (Persia)
- Amphimachus (Mesopotamia)
- Peithon (Media)
- Tlepolemus (Carmania)
- Philip (Parthia)
- Antigenes (Susiana)
- Seleucus (Babylonia)
- Stasanor (Bactria and Sogdiana)
- Stasander (Aria and Drangiana)
- Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
- Perdiccas
- Hephaestion
- Philotas(4)
- Ptolemy
- Cleitus the Black
- Antigonus
- Lysimachus
- Menander
- Leonnatus
- Laomedon of Mytilene
- Neoptolemus
- Erigyius
- Aretes
- Ariston of Paionia
- Meleager
- Craterus
- Seleucus
- Polyperchon
- Antigenes
- Coenus
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
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(2) Satrap at Partition of Babylon; possibly Nicanor of Stageira
(3) Satrap at Partition of Babylon