Perdiccas I of Macedon

Perdiccas I
Perdiccas I
	Tetradrachm of Aigai - old Macedonian royal capital Aigai, founded by Perdikkas I
King of Macedonia
Reign	unknown
Predecessor	Tyrimmas
Successor	Argaeus I
Issue	Argaeus I
Dynasty	Argead
Father	Tyrimmas
Religion	Ancient Greek religion

Perdiccas I (Greek: Περδίκκας, romanized: Perdíkkas) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. He ruled somewhere between 650 BC and 620 BC. Herodotus stated:

"From Argos fled to the country of the Illyrians three brothers of the descendants of Temenus, Gauanes, Aeropus, and Perdiccas; and passing over Illyria from the mountains they came into the upper parts of Macedonia to the city of Lebaea."^[1] "Now that these descendants of Perdiccas are Greeks, as they themselves say, I myself chance to know and will prove it in the later part of my history."^[2]

References

^ Herodotus, The Histories, 8.137–139
^ Herodotus, The Histories, 5.22.1

Preceded by Tyrimmas	King of Macedon	Succeeded by Argaeus I

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[1] Herodotus, The Histories, 8.137–139

[2] Herodotus, The Histories, 5.22.1

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v t e Kings of Macedon
Legendary	Caranus Coenus Tyrimmas	Vergina Sun
Argead dynasty	Perdiccas I Argaeus I Philip I Aeropus I Alcetas Amyntas I Alexander I Perdiccas II Archelaus Orestes Aeropus II Amyntas II Pausanias Amyntas III Argaeus II Alexander II Ptolemy of Aloros Perdiccas III Amyntas IV Philip II Alexander III (the Great) Philip III Alexander IV
Antipatrid dynasty	Cassander Philip IV Antipater I Alexander V
Dynastic conflict	Demetrius I Pyrrhus Lysimachus Ptolemy Ceraunus Meleager Antipater II Sosthenes Antigonus II Pyrrhus
Antigonid dynasty	Antigonus II Demetrius II Antigonus III Philip V Perseus
Post-Conquest Rebel Kings	Andriscus Pseudo-Alexander Pseudo-Philip/Pseudo-Perseus Euephenes
Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.