Perdiccas I ( gr, Περδίκκας, Perdíkkas) was

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of the

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kingdom of Macedonia. He ruled somewhere between 650 BC and 620 BC.

Herodotus Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria ( Italy). He is known f ...

stated:

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7th-century BC Macedonian monarchs Argead kings of Macedonia Mythology of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) Year of birth unknown {{AncientGreece-bio-stub