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capture by Ptolemy I Soter
- In Ptolemy I Soter: Early life and career
enemy of Alexander the Great
- In Alexander the Great: Campaign eastward to Central Asia
leadership of Bactrian resistance
- In Bactria
murder of Darius III
- In Darius III

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 17, 2024
	Modified age appropriateness: Perseus Digital Library - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Bessus.	Gloria Lotha	May 17, 2020
	Add new Web site: Perseus Digital Library - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Bessus.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 24, 2020
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998