What happened to Philotas?
After being tortured and confessing to his part in the plot, Philotas was executed ‘in the Macedonian manner with the other condemned persons’. Riders on racing camels, meanwhile, flew to Ecbatana to kill Parmenion before news of Philotas’ death could reach him. How was Philotas tortured? ‘ Craterus insisted that he also make his confession…