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The Antigonid dynasty ( Greek: Δυναστεία των Αντιγονιδών ) was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus (" the One-eyed ").
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Antigonid and dynasty
The ruling members of the Antigonid dynasty were:
When the Romans destroyed the Antigonid dynasty of Macedon in 167 BC and divided it into four separate states ( merides ), it was Amphipolis and not Philippi that became the capital of the eastern Macedonian state.
* Perseus of Macedon, last King of the Antigonid dynasty
In the partition of Alexander's empire among the Diadochi, Macedonia fell to the Antipatrid dynasty, which was overthrown by the Antigonid dynasty after only a few years, in 294 BC.
He established a stable monarchy under the Antigonid dynasty.
The overall losses resulted in the defeat of Macedon, the deposition of the Antigonid dynasty and the dismantling of the Macedonian kingdom.
After the removal of the Antigonid dynasty by the Romans in 167 BC, it is possible that the synedrion remained, unlike the Assembly, representing the sole federal authority in Macedonia after the country's division in four merides.
* Antigonid dynasty
* Perseus, the last Macedonian king of the Antigonid dynasty ( b. c. 212 BC )
* Demetrius I Poliorcetes (" Besieger "), Antigonid dynasty king of Macedon ( d. 283 BC )
* Antigonus proclaims himself king of Asia Minor and northern Syria thus commencing the Antigonid dynasty.
He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty.
He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was born in 275 BC.
The Battle of Cynoscephalae () was an encounter battle fought in Thessaly in 197 BC between the Roman army, led by Titus Quinctius Flamininus, and the Antigonid dynasty of Macedon, led by Philip V.
During his early life he served under Philip II, and he was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and establishing the Antigonid dynasty.
212 BC – 166 BC ) was the last king ( Basileus ) of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great.
The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC between Rome and the Macedonian Antigonid dynasty saw the further ascendancy of Rome in the Hellenic / Hellenistic world and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back to Alexander the Great.
During the succession struggle between Ptolemy and Antigonus that followed Alexander the Great's death in 323 BC, Kyrenia was subdued under the rule of the kingdom of Lapithos that allied itself with the Antigonid dynasty.
Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus ( c. 229 BC – 160 BC ) was a two-time consul of the Roman Republic and a noted general who conquered Macedon putting an end to the Antigonid dynasty.
The Third Macedonian war marked the effective end of Hellenistic Macedonia and the monarchy of the Antigonid dynasty, and further enhanced Roman domination of Ancient Greece.
* Three Macedonian kings of the Antigonid dynasty that succeeded Alexander the Great in Asia:
Antigonid and was
The Antigonid kingdom was dissolved, and replaced with four republics.
Antigonus II Gonatas () ( 319 BC – 239 BC ) was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans.
Control of Greece, Thrace, and Anatolia was contested, but by 298 BC the Antigonid dynasty had supplanted the Antipatrid.
Hieronymus was a friend of Eumenes, and later became a member of the Antigonid court ; he was therefore very much familiar and contemporary with the events he described, and possibly a direct eyewitness to some.
He captured a number of cities, but while laying siege to Sidon he was brought false reports of an Antigonid victory, and told that Antigonus was marching south into Syria.
If this was the case, then the Antigonid strategy would have been for Demetrius to take his cavalry and attack the rear of the allied phalanx ; or alternatively, return to station on the right wing and protect the Antigonid phalanx's flank.
With Demetrius now isolated from the battle-field, the Antigonid phalanx was exposed on its right flank.
This division was to last for a century, before the Antigonid Kingdom finally fell to Rome, and the Seleucids were harried from Persia by the Parthians and forced by the Romans to relinquish control in Asia Minor.
Antigonid and Hellenistic
In the Hellenistic period the Antigonid kings of Macedon had an elite corps of native Macedonian ' Peltasts '.
Antigonid and kings
The reverse features his dynastical trademark: the so called Athena Alkidemos throwing a thunderbolt, an emblem used by many of Menander's successors and also the emblem of the Antigonid kings of Macedonia.
Antigonid and from
* 315 BCE: The Antigonid dynasty gains control of the city after Ptolemy I Soter withdraws from Syria including Jerusalem and Antigonus I Monophthalmus invades during the Third War of the Diadochi.
* 311 BCE: The Antigonid dynasty regains control of the city after Ptolemy withdraws from Syria again following a minor defeat to Antigonus I Monophthalmus, and a peace treaty is concluded.
Prusias married his maternal cousin Apame IV, a princess from the Antigonid dynasty, by whom he had a son called Nicomedes II.
This move against the Antigonid right flank probably involved detaching cavalry from the allies own right wing, including Seleucus's horse archers, who could rain down missles on the immobile phalanx.
Antigonid and general
The Battle of Pydna ( June 22, 168 BC ), in which the Roman general Aemilius Paulus defeated King Perseus, ended the reign of the Antigonid dynasty over Macedon.
Antigonid and I
Ptolemy had not taken part in the battle, and the victors Seleucus I Nicator and Lysimachus had carved up the Antigonid Empire between them, with Southern Syria intended to become part of the Seleucid Empire.
dynasty and Greek
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