Craterus biography of mahatma

Among people born in BC, Craterus ranks 2. Before him is Apelles. Among people deceased in BC, Craterus ranks 3. Before him are Aristotle , and Perdiccas. The same happened during the pursuit of the Persian king Darius III: Alexander commanded the vanguard, Craterus the main body of the army early July During the war in Hyrcania , he was sent on a mission against the Tapurians -his first independent command- and when the Macedonian army had reached Aria , he commanded the rearguard during the campaign against the rebel satrap Satibarzanes.

A famous anecdote tells that Craterus loved Alexander as a king philobasileus but that Alexander's lover Hephaestion loved him because he was Alexander philalexandros. This suggests that there was some rivalry -perhaps even hostility- among the Macedonian commanders. At this stage of Alexander's war in the Achaemenid empire , Craterus' most important rival was the commander of the Companion cavalry, Philotas , the son of Parmenion.

When Philotas failed to report a conspiracy he had discovered, Craterus was one of those who accused him. The general feeling among the judges was that Philotas was guilty and ought to be stoned to death, but Craterus, Hephaestion and Coenus believed that Philotas was part of a larger conspiracy, and should first be tortured. As was to be expected, Philotas told many things, but the truth could not be established.

In the end, he was executed, and so was his father Parmenion, who was certainly innocent but could no longer be relied upon. It should be pointed out that Craterus' role in the Philotas affair is not mentioned by our best source, Arrian of Nicomedia ; we know about it from Quintus Curtius Rufus , who is less reliable - but this does not mean that he is a liar.

In July , the Macedonian army marched through Sogdia and reached the river Jaxartes , the modern Syrdar'ya. Seven towns had to be captured, and Craterus took the largest one of these, Cyreschata, which had been founded two centuries before by the founder of the Achaemenid empire, Cyrus the Great. Craterus also fought against the Massagetes , a tribe of nomads that usually lived north of the Jaxartes in modern Kirgizistan, but had probably moved to the south.

During this campaign, he commanded a cavalry unit. In , he oversaw the construction of military settlements in Margiana , which secured the northern border of Alexander's empire. In , Alexander invaded Gandara , the west of the Punjab more. Craterus played a role during the campaign in the Swat valley , where he fortified several towns - a job he had already had at hand in Margiana.

For other uses, see Krateros disambiguation. Alexander and Craterus in a lion hunt, mosaic in Pella. In popular media [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. May , p. Malcolm A History of the Hellenistic World.

Craterus biography of mahatma

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