id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6065 Alexander I of Macedon - Wikipedia .html text/html 2086 376 66 He gave his sister in marriage to the Persian general Bubares, in the late 6th century BC who was in Macedon at the time, in order to stop him from searching for Persian soldiers who had been killed by Alexander's men following his commands.[2][1] Alexander I came to the throne during the era of the kingdom's vassalage to Achaemenid Persia, dating back to the time of his father, Amyntas I, although Macedon retained a broad scope of autonomy.[3] In 492 BC it was made a fully subordinate part of the Persian Empire by Mardonius' campaign.[4] Alexander acted as a representative of the Persian governor Mardonius during peace negotiations after the Persian defeat at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC. Amyntas, whose son Arrhidaeus was the father of Amyntas III.[15] He was thought to be the father of Balacrus, father of Meleager and grandfather of Arsinoe of Macedon[16] ^ Malcolm Errington, "A History of Macedonia", University of California Press, 1993, p.4: "Ancient allegations that the Macedonians were non-Greeks all had their origin in Athens at the time of the struggle with Philip II. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6065.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6065.txt