Asander

thumb|upright=1.3|Asander was Hellenistic satrap of Lydia, and later [[Caria.]] thumb|upright=1.5625|Allocation of satrapies at the Partition of Babylon, following Diodorus Siculus thumb|upright=1.3|Coin of Philip III Arrhidaios, struck under Asandros as satrap of [[Caria in Miletus circa 323-319 BC, in the name and types of Alexander the Great.]] Asander or Asandros (; lived 4th century BC) was the son of Philotas and brother of Parmenion and Agathon. He was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, and satrap of Lydia from 334 BC as well as satrap of Caria after Alexander's death. During Alexander's reign Asander's position suffered for a period following Parmenion's execution, he was sent to Media to gather reinforcements during this time, and a year later was sent to Bactra.

==Rule== ===Satrap of Lydia=== In 334 BC Alexander appointed him governor of Lydia and the other parts of the satrapy of Spithridates, and also placed under his command an army of cavalry and light infantry strong enough to maintain the Macedonian authority. At the beginning of 328, Asander and Nearchus led a number of Greek mercenaries to join Alexander, who was then located at Zariaspa.