Philip (son of Agathocles of Pella)

Philippos (Greek Φίλιππος; † 328/327 BC ), son of Agathocles, was a soldier of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. His brothers were later Diadoche Lysimachus and Autodikos and probably Alkimachos.

Philippos is during the final battles against local pockets of resistance in the Central Asian Sogdiana to 327 BC called in winter 328, in the context of time after taking the rock fortress of Sisimithres. He fought on foot at the Horseback Alexander page, which is probably as members of the Guards Corps ( AGEMA ) identifies him the plate carrier ( hypaspistai ). Mortally wounded, he died in the arms of Alexander.

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