For other persons with the same name, see Ariston

Ariston

Ariston was a king of Sparta, 14th of the Eurypontids, son of Agasicles, contemporary of Anaxandrides.He ascended the Spartan throne before 560 BC, and died somewhat before , or at any rate not long after, 510 BC...

Ariston (Greek: Ἀρίστων) was a member of the Paionia

Paionia

In ancient geography, Paeonia or Paionia was the land of the Paeonians . The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, are very obscure, but it is believed that they lay in the region of Thrace...

n royal house, possibly brother of Patraus

Patraus

Patraus was an ancient Paeonian king. He seems to have been Ariston's brother who served as a general to Alexander the Great.-External links:*...

 and father of the later king Audoleon

Audoleon

Audoleon was an ancient Paeonian king son of Patraus or Agis. He was a contemporary of Alexander the Great, and was the father of Ariston, who distinguished himself at the battle of Gaugamela, and of a daughter who married Pyrrhus of Epirus...

. His service with Alexander the Great, like that of Sitalces II

Sitalces II

For the Odrysian king of 5th c.BC, see SitalcesSitalces was apparently a prince of the Odrysian royal house, possibly even the son of Cersobleptes...

 and others, helped to ensure the loyalty of his nation to Macedon in the King's absence. From the beginning of the expedition, he commanded the single squadron of Paeonians.