Perdiccas was a Macedonian general and bodyguard (somatophylax) of Alexander the Great, and the regent of Alexander's empire after his death. When Alexander was dying, he entrusted his signet ring to Perdiccas, initially the most pre-eminent of the successors due to being second-in-command. Perdiccas effectively ruled Alexander's increasingly unstable empire from Babylon for three years until his assassination.
- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, military commander
- Position held
- somatophylakes, strategos
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Born
- 365 BC
- Died
