Pantordanus
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Pantordanus or Pantordanos , son of Cleander
Cleander
Marcus Aurelius Cleander , commonly known as Cleander, was a Roman freedman who gained extraordinary power as chamberlain and favourite of the emperor Commodus, rising to command the Praetorian Guard and bringing the principal offices of the Roman state into disrepute by selling them to the highest...

, was hipparch of the ile
Ile
Ile can be different things:*An abbreviation of isoleucine, an amino acid*Ile, a district of Mozambique*Another name for Ilargi, the moon in Basque mythologyile is the ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 code for the Interlingue constructed language...

of Hetairoi of Leugaea from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great. At the Battle of Issus
Battle of Issus
The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. The invading troops, led by the young Alexander of Macedonia, defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia in the second great battle for primacy in Asia...

, he occupied at first the left wing but then being transferred (along with the squadron of Peroidas
Peroidas
Peroidas or Peroedas , son of Menestheus, was hipparch of the ile of Hetairoi from Anthemus from the beginning of the campaign of Alexander the Great...

) to the right, just as the battle began (A 2.9.3). Nothing further is known of him. At the battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Gaugamela
The Battle of Gaugamela took place in 331 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. The battle, which is also called the Battle of Arbela, resulted in a massive victory for the ancient Macedonians and led to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.-Location:Darius chose a flat, open plain...

both Peroidas and Pantordanus had been replaced.
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