Antipater (/ænˈtɪpətər/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος, romanized: Antipatros, lit. 'like the father'; c. 400 BC – 319 BC) was a Macedonian general and statesman...
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Antipater I the Idumaean (113 or 114 BCE – 43 BCE) was the founder of the Herodian Dynasty and father of Herod the Great. According to Josephus, he was...
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"like the father"): Antipater (c. 397–319 BC), Macedonian general Antipater II of Macedon, king of Macedon from 297 to 294 BC Antipater Etesias (died 279...
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Craterus (category Ancient Macedonian generals)
appointed to lead 11,500 veteran soldiers back to Macedonia and replace Antipater who was ordered to lead a fresh contingent of soldiers to join Alexander's...
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Eumenes (category Ancient Greek generals)
Eumenes became a public enemy of the new Post-Alexander regime under Antipater and Antigonus. In 319 BC he was defeated by Antigonus at the Battle of...
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Antipater of Bostra (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος) was a Greek prelate who served as Metropolitan bishop of Bostra in the Roman province of Arabia and was one of...
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powerful Regent and general Antipater. Cassander’s family were distant collateral relatives to the Argead dynasty. Cassander, like Antipater, was originally...
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Cassander (category Ancient Macedonian generals)
facto ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death. A son of Antipater and a contemporary of Alexander the Great, Cassander was one of the Diadochi...
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Antipater of Phlya (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος Ἀντιπατρου Φλυεύς, romanized: Antipatros Antipatrou Phlyeus, fl. 20s-10s BC) was a leading statesman at...
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Polyperchon (category Ancient Macedonian generals)
Cilicia by the time of Alexander's death in 323. Craterus was to replace Antipater as Macedonia's regent, but was of poor health. Polyperchon was to succeed...
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of Plato's students Philip of Acarnania, physician Philip (son of Antipater), general of Alexander the Great Philip (son of Machatas) builder of Alexandria...
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Battle of Megalopolis (category Regency of Antipater)
in 331 BC between Spartan-led forces and Macedonia. Alexander's regent Antipater led the Macedonians to victory over King Agis III. Alexander, warring...
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Πλείσταρχος; fl. 313 – 287 BC) was son of Antipater and brother of Cassander, king of Macedonia. As well as an Antipatrid general, he served as an independent dynast...
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the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon founded by Cassander, the son of Antipater, who declared himself King of Macedon in 302 BC. This dynasty did not...
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first by Cassander (r. 305–297 BC), son of Antipater, and the Antigonid dynasty, led by the Macedonian general Antigonus I Monophthalmus (r. 306–301 BC)...
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Hasmonean dynasty (section Intrigues of Antipater)
the hands of his adviser Antipater the Idumaean. The struggle would have ended here but for Antipater the Idumean. Antipater saw clearly that it would...
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Lamian War (category Regency of Antipater)
Athenian commander in chief Leosthenes, who managed to besiege Antipater, the Macedonian general in Europe, in the city of Lamia, which gave its name to the...
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Philip's general, Philotas's father. Eurydice – Philip's last wife. Cleitus the Black – Officer of Alexander's and Philip's army. Antipater – General of Alexander's...
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus (category Generals of Alexander the Great)
alliance with Antipater, later joined by Ptolemy, against Perdiccas. Perdiccas was murdered by his own officers in 320 BC, and Antipater was elected the...
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Perdiccas (category Ancient Macedonian generals)
the empire, he managed to make enemies of critical generals in the Macedonian army—including Antipater, Craterus and Antigonus—who decided to revolt against...
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and other cities formed a coalition and besieged Antipater in the fortress of Lamia, however, Antipater was relieved by a force sent by Leonnatus, who was...
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Philip (Greek: Φίλιππoς; lived from 4th century to 3rd century) was son of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, and brother of Cassander, by whom he was sent...
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Epirus. This relationship is portrayed as a close political one against Antipater. Towards the end of her brothers's life, Cleopatra may have given up the...
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through his father's good relations with the Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar, who entrusted Antipater with the public affairs of Judea. Herod was appointed...
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orders. He later married Eurydice, daughter of the Macedonian regent Antipater; their sons Ptolemy Keraunos and Meleager ruled in turn as kings of Macedon...
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all the generals, to their replacement with Antipater. The meeting also proceeded to divide again the satrapies between the various generals. Arrian described...
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"the general charge of affairs and the defence of the kingdom was entrusted to Craterus". Illyria Arrian explicitly includes Illyria within Antipater's remit;...
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calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Antipater appoints Antigonus commander in chief of his army in Asia Minor and sends...
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Asia under the control of the satraps. When Antipater died in 319 BC he left Polyperchon, a Macedonian general who had served under Philip II and Alexander...
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