Demetrius (son of Althaemenes)
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Demetrius , son of Althaemenes
was hipparch of one ile of Hetairoi in the battle of Gaugamela
. Demetrius' last recorded command was in the Mallian campaign
(325 BC
).
Demetrius (disambiguation)
-Saints:* Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki , Christian martyr, patron of soldiers* Pope Demetrius of Alexandria , Patriarch of Alexandria, contemporary of Origen-Macedon:* Demetrius I of Macedon , surnamed Poliorcetes...
Demetrius , son of Althaemenes
Althaemenes
Althaemenes or Althemenes was in Greek mythology a son of Catreus, the king of Crete. He was also the brother of Apemosyne, Aerope and Clymene. An oracle told Catreus that he would be murdered by one of his children...
was hipparch of one ile of Hetairoi in the battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Gaugamela
The Battle of Gaugamela took place in 331 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. The battle, which is also called the Battle of Arbela, resulted in a massive victory for the ancient Macedonians and led to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.-Location:Darius chose a flat, open plain...
. Demetrius' last recorded command was in the Mallian campaign
Mallian Campaign
The Mallian Campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great from November 326 to February 325 BC, against the Malli of the eastern Punjab. Alexander was defining the eastern limit of his power by marching down-river along the Hydaspes to the Acesines , but the Malli and the Oxydraci combined to...
(325 BC
325 BC
Year 325 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Scaeva...
).