Spitamenes

Spitamenes
Born370 BC
Died328 BC (aged c. 42)
Battles / warsWars of Alexander the Great
ChildrenApama

Spitamenes (Old Persian Spitamana; Greek Σπιταμένης; 370 BC – 328 BC) was a Sogdian warlord and the leader of the uprising in Sogdiana and Bactria against Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, in 329 BC. He has been credited by modern historians as one of the most tenacious adversaries of Alexander.

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