Parmenion

General

Parmenion
General; Parmenion
Native name	Παρμενίων
Born	400 BC
Died	330 BC (aged 69–70 years old); Ecbatana, Media, Macedonia
Allegiance	Macedonia
Years of service	356–330 BC
Rank	General (strategos)
Commands	Pezhetairos
Battles / wars	Expansion of Macedonia under Philip II; Wars of Alexander the Great Battle of the Granicus; Battle of Issus; Battle of Gaugamela; ;
Children	Philotas, Nikanor
Relations	Asander (brother), Agathon (brother), Attalus

Parmenion (also Parmenio; Ancient Greek: Παρμενίων; c. 400 – 330 BC), son of Philotas, was a Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. A nobleman, Parmenion rose to become Philip's chief military lieutenant and Alexander's strategos (military general). He was assassinated after his son Philotas was convicted on a charge of treason. His siblings Asander and Agathon would also become prominent members of Alexander's Macedonia.