Philip (satrap)

Philip
Φίλιππος
SatrapofParthia
In office 321 BC – 318 BC
Monarch	Alexander IV
Succeeded by	Eudemus
SatrapofSogdiana
In office 327 BC – 321 BC
Monarchs	Alexander III(until 323 BC) Alexander IV(from 323 BC)
Personal details
Born	Unknown
Died	318 BC
Cause of death	Execution
Occupation	Satrap
Military service
Allegiance	Macedonia
Battles/wars	Wars of Alexander the Great Wars of the Diadochi

Philip(Ancient Greek:Φίλιππος;died 318 BC) wassatrapofSogdiana.He was first appointed to this position byAlexander the Greatin 327 BC. He retained his post, as did most of the satraps of the more remote provinces, in the arrangements which followed the death of the king in 323 BC; but in the subsequent partition atTriparadisusin 321 BC, he was assigned the government ofParthiainstead.Here he remained until 318 BC, whenPeithon,who was then seeking to establish his power over all the provinces of the East, put Philip to death and appointed his brotherEudemusas satrap of Parthia.

References

• Smith, William(editor);Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,"Philippus (9)",Boston,(1867)

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1870). "Philippus (9)".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.