Perdiccas III of Macedon (reigned 368–359 BCE) was a ruler of the ancient Kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. As the son of Amyntas III and Eurydice I, Perdiccas inherited the ...

Alexander II’s younger brother, Perdiccas III, was still underage, enabling Ptolemy to govern as regent. His rule, however, was marred by widespread dissatisfaction among the leading Macedonian ...

While the infantry supported Philip III, Alexander’s half-brother, who had a cognitive disability, the chiliarch Perdiccas, who commanded the elite Companion cavalry, convinced them to wait in the ...