Nicarchides

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Nicarchides from Pydna son of Simus was a general of Alexander the Great. In 331/0 he was appointed phrourarchos of Persepolis and placed in charge of a garrison of 3,000 men . Nicarchides was also trierarch of the Hydaspes fleet of Nearchus.

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Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire by Waldemar Heckel ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9

v t e Alexander the Great's Generals
Philip II's Generals	Attalus Parmenion Antipater Eumenes
The Somatophylakes (Alexander's bodyguards)	Aristonous (to 323 BC) Arybbas (to 332 BC) Balacrus (to 333 BC) Demetrius (to 331 BC) Lysimachus (to 323 BC) Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) (to 333 BC) Peithon (to 323 BC) Hephaestion (to 324 BC) Menes (to 330 BC) Leonnatus (to 323 BC) Perdiccas (to 323 BC) Ptolemy (to 323 BC) Peucestas (to 323 BC)
Satraps at the Partition of Babylon	Antipater (Macedon and Greece) Philo (Illyria) Lysimachus (Thrace) Leonnatus (Hellespontine Phrygia) Antigonus (Phrygia) Asander (Caria) Nearchus (Lycia and Pamphylia) Menander (Lydia) Philotas⁽³⁾ (Cilicia) Eumenes (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia) Ptolemy (Egypt) Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria) Neoptolemus (Armenia) Peucestas (Babylonia) Arcesilas (Mesopotamia) Peithon (Media) Tlepolemus (Persia) Nicanor⁽²⁾ (Parthia) Antigenes (Susiana) Archon (Pelasgia) Philip (Hyrcania) Stasanor (Aria and Drangiana) Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia) Amyntas (Bactria) Scythaeus (Sogdiana)
Satraps at the Partition of Triparadisus	Antipater (Macedon and Greece) Lysimachus (Thrace) Arrhidaeus (Hellespontine Phrygia) Antigonus (Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia) Cassander (Caria) Cleitus the White (Lydia) Philoxenus (Cilicia) Nicanor⁽²⁾ (Cappadocia and Paphlagonia) Ptolemy (Egypt) Laomedon of Mytilene (Syria) Peucestas (Persia) Amphimachus (Mesopotamia) Peithon (Media) Tlepolemus (Carmania) Philip (Parthia) Antigenes (Susiana) Seleucus (Babylonia) Stasanor (Bactria and Sogdiana) Stasander (Aria and Drangiana) Sibyrtius (Arachosia and Gedrosia)
Cavalry Generals	Perdiccas Hephaestion Philotas⁽⁴⁾ Ptolemy Cleitus the Black Antigonus Lysimachus Menander Leonnatus Laomedon of Mytilene Neoptolemus Erigyius
Infantry Generals	Meleager Craterus Seleucus Polyperchon Antigenes Coenus Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
Other or unknown command	Alcetas Amphimachus Amyntas Arcesilas Archon Asander Cleitus the White Nearchus Nicanor⁽¹⁾ Nicanor⁽²⁾ Peithon Peucestas Philip Philo Philotas⁽³⁾ Philoxenus Scythaeus Sibyrtius Stasanor Stasander Tlepolemus
⁽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 ⁽⁴⁾ Son of Parmenion, d. 330 BC; to be distinguished from ⁽³⁾

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