Asander

Assander (Άσανδρoς)
Satrap of Lydia
Reign323-321 BC
PredecessorSpithridates
SuccessorCleitus the White
Satrap of Caria
Reign321-313 BC
PredecessorAda
SuccessorPleistarchus
Died313 BC (presumed)
FatherPhilotas
For the general and king of the Bosporan Kingdom, see Asander (Bosporan king).
Asander was Hellenistic satrap of Lydia, and later Caria.
Allocation of satrapies at the Partition of Babylon, following Diodorus Siculus
Coin of Philip III Arrhidaios, struck under Asandros as satrap of Caria in Miletus circa 323-319 BC, in the name and types of Alexander the Great.

Asander or Asandros (Greek: Άσανδρoς; lived 4th century BC) was the son of Philotas and brother of Parmenion and Agathon.[1][2][3] He was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, and satrap of Lydia from 334 BC as well as satrap of Caria after Alexander's death.[4] During Alexander's reign Asander's position suffered for a period following Parmenion's execution, he was sent to Media to gather reinforcements during this time, and a year later was sent to Bactra.[1]

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