Alexander I of Macedon

Alexander I (Greek Ἀλέξανδρος Α ' ) was King of Macedon from about 498/487 to about 454 BC He was the son of Amyntas I and father of Alcetes II, Perdiccas II and Philip and the Stratonike.

According to Herodotus, he was in front of his reign, an opponent of Persia, who slew the envoys of the Persian king Darius I, when they came at the time of the Ionian revolt to his father's farm. During the invasion of Greece by Darius ' son Xerxes I. He was, however, forced to submit to the Persians, and acted as agent of the Persian governor Mardonius at the peace negotiations after the Persian defeat at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC Despite its cooperation Compatible with Persia and he advised the Greeks often, they warned Mardonius ' plans before the Battle of Plataea 479 BC After the end of the Persian Wars, Alexander gained independence for Macedonia back.

Although Macedonia was regarded by the Greeks as a semi- barbarous state, Alexander claimed for himself a descent of the Greeks from Argos, because of he was allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, which was a great honor for a " barbarian " king. He designed his court to the Athenian model and was a patron of the poet Pindar.

Swell

• Herodotus, Histories 5.17 to 22; 8,139.
• Jerome, Chronicon ( The Merton manuscript ), folio 96 recto- verso folio 97.
• Junianus Justinus 7.2 to 4.