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Perdiccas III (Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
: ?e?d???a? G`) was king of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
ia from 368 to 359 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II
Alexander II of Macedon

Alexander II was king of Macedon from 370 ? 368 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas III of Macedon. He was the eldest of the three sons of Amyntas and Eurydice....
.

Son of Amyntas III
Amyntas III of Macedon

Amyntas III son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II of Macedon, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 369 BC.He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus II of Macedon, the patron of art and literature....
 and Eurydice
Eurydice II of Macedon

Queen Eurydice was a queen of Macedon and mother to Philip II of Macedon.She was married to King Amyntas III of Macedon and had four children: Alexander II of Macedon, Perdiccas III of Macedon, Philip II of Macedon and Eurynoe, Princess of Macedon....
, he was underage when Alexander II was killed by Ptolemy of Aloros
Ptolemy of Aloros

Ptolemy of Aloros , was sent by King Amyntas, as an envoy to Athens c. 375-373 BC. After Amyntas' death, he began a liaison with his widow, Eurydice....
, who then ruled as regent. In 365, Perdiccas killed Ptolemy and assumed government.

Of the reign of Perdiccas we have very little information. We learn only that he was at one time engaged in hostilities with Athens on account of Amphipolis
Amphipolis

Amphipolis was an Ancient Greece Greece Polis in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day Peripheries of Greece of Central Macedonia....
 , and that he was distinguished for his patronage of men of letters.






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Perdiccas III (Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
: ?e?d???a? G`) was king of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
ia from 368 to 359 BC, succeeding his brother Alexander II
Alexander II of Macedon

Alexander II was king of Macedon from 370 ? 368 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas III of Macedon. He was the eldest of the three sons of Amyntas and Eurydice....
.

Son of Amyntas III
Amyntas III of Macedon

Amyntas III son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II of Macedon, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 369 BC.He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus II of Macedon, the patron of art and literature....
 and Eurydice
Eurydice II of Macedon

Queen Eurydice was a queen of Macedon and mother to Philip II of Macedon.She was married to King Amyntas III of Macedon and had four children: Alexander II of Macedon, Perdiccas III of Macedon, Philip II of Macedon and Eurynoe, Princess of Macedon....
, he was underage when Alexander II was killed by Ptolemy of Aloros
Ptolemy of Aloros

Ptolemy of Aloros , was sent by King Amyntas, as an envoy to Athens c. 375-373 BC. After Amyntas' death, he began a liaison with his widow, Eurydice....
, who then ruled as regent. In 365, Perdiccas killed Ptolemy and assumed government.

Of the reign of Perdiccas we have very little information. We learn only that he was at one time engaged in hostilities with Athens on account of Amphipolis
Amphipolis

Amphipolis was an Ancient Greece Greece Polis in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day Peripheries of Greece of Central Macedonia....
 , and that he was distinguished for his patronage of men of letters. Among these we are told that Euphraeus
Euphraeus

Euphraeus was a philosophy and student of Plato from the town of Oreus in northern Euboea. He appears to have been active in politics in addition to his speculative studies, being first an adviser to Perdiccas III of Macedon and then an opponent of Philip II of Macedon and his supporters in Oreus....
, a disciple of Plato
Plato

Plato , was a Classical Greece Greeks philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Platonic Academy in Ancient Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world....
, rose to so high a place in his favour, as completely to govern the young king, and exclude from his society all but philosophers and geometers.

He also served as Theorodokos in the Epidaurian Panhellenic games of about 365 BC.

He tried to reconquer upper Macedonia from the Illyrian Bardylis, but the expedition ended in disaster, with the king killed.

Perdiccas was succeeded by his infant son, Amyntas IV
Amyntas IV of Macedon

Amyntas IV was a titular king of Macedonia in 359 BC and member of the Argead dynasty.He was son of King Perdiccas III of Macedon. After his father's death in 359 BC he became king, but he was only an infant....
. The throne was soon usurped by Perdiccas' younger brother Philip II
Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon,...
.

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