Antigonus I Monophthalmos
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- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Macedonian king (r. 306-301 b.c.e.){$I[g]Asia Minor;Antigonus I Monophthalmos}{$I[g]Macedonia;Antigonus I Monophthalmos} One of Alexander the Great’s successors, Antigonus failed to reunite Alexander’s conquests, but he did establish an eponymous dynasty (the Antigonids), which was to rule Macedonia and exert a great influence on Greek affairs elsewhere until the Roman victory at the Battle of Pydna in 168 b.c.e.
Early Life
The father of Antigonus (an-TIHG-uh-nuhs) was an aristocrat named Philip. Beyond this fact, nothing of...
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