For other persons with the same name, see Aeropus

Aeropus

Aeropus may refer to:*Aeropus, brother of Perdiccas I, who was the first king of Macedonia of the family of Temenus*Aeropus I of Macedon, King of Macedon, 602 BC–576 BC*Aeropus II of Macedon, King of Macedon, 399 BC–393 BC...

Aeropus of Lyncestis was commander in the battle of Chaeronea

Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)

The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between the forces of Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of Greek city-states...

. After the battle Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon "friend" + ἵππος "horse" — transliterated ; 382 – 336 BC), was a king of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III.-Biography:...

 exiled him and an officer called Damasippus for disciplinary reasons. He was father of Arrhabaeus and Heromenes

Heromenes

Heromenes of Lynkestis, was son of Aeropus and brother of Arrhabaeus and Alexander . Heromenes and Arrhabaeus were accused of conspiring with Pausanias of Orestis to assassinate Philip II of Macedon in October 336 BC and executed by Alexander the Great.-References:*Who's Who in the Age of...

, who were accused of being conspirators against Philip II and Alexander of Lyncestis, who was befriended by Alexander the Great but later also conspired against the Macedonian king.