Allegiance
Years of service
fl. 333 – 323 BC
Rank
Somatophylakes (bodyguard) Of Alexander the Great
Satrap of Cilicia
Battles/wars
Asia Minor campaigns
Spouse(s)
Balakros (Greek: Bάλακρoς), also Balacrus, the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" (bodyguards), was appointed satrapofCilicia after the Battle of Issus, 333 BC.[2] He succeeded to the last Achaemenid satrap of Cilicia, Arsames.
Balakros completed the conquest of Asia Minor together with Calas, satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, and Antigonus, satrap of Phrygia.[3]
It was probably this Balacrus who married Phila, the daughter of Antipater, and subsequently the wife of Craterus.[4]
He was probably supervised by Menes from 331 BC, who held the position of HyparchorStrategoi for the area from Babylon to the satrapies of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia.
He fell in battle against the Pisidians in the lifetime of Alexander.[5] His death is variously placed circa 328 BC or 323 BC.[6][7]
Balacrus is among several Hellenistic satraps who continued to use an Achaemenid type for their coinage, complete with the local deity of Tarsus, Baal.[8] His coinage bore his name, and later only his initial "B".[3] This coinage is said to have influenced Alexander's imperial coinage, which was initially minted in the same mints.[8] The Imperial coinage of Alexander is often said to have been started in Tarsos circa 333–327, under the rule of either Balacrus or Menes.[9]
Satraps at the
Partition of Babylon
(323 BC)
Satraps at the
Partition of Triparadisus
(321 BC)
Other or unknown
command
(1) Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from (2)
(2) Satrap at Partition of Babylon; possibly Nicanor of Stageira
(3) Satrap at Partition of Babylon
Satraps under Alexander the Great
(334-323 BC)
Satraps at the
Partition of Babylon
(323 BC)
Satraps at the
Partition of Triparadisus
(321 BC)
Later Satraps
Hellenistic satraps were preceded by Achaemenid rulers, and followed or ruled by Hellenistic rulers
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Balacrus (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 454.
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