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Antipater (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ p ə t ər /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος, romanized: Antipatros, lit. 'like the father'; c. 400 BC [3] – 319 BC) was a Macedonian general, regent and statesman under the successive kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great.
Antipater I of Macedon [1] (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος), was the son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon from 297 BC until 294 BC, jointly with his brother Alexander V .
Phila (Greek: Φίλα; died 287 BC), daughter of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, is celebrated by the ancient sources as one of the noblest and most virtuous women of the age in which she lived. Her abilities and judgment were so conspicuous even at an early age, that her father, Antipater, often consulted her in regard to political affairs.
Cassander is first recorded as arriving at Alexander the Great's court in Babylon in 323 BC, where he had been sent by his father, Antipater, most likely to help uphold Antipater's regency in Macedon, although a later contemporary who was hostile to the Antipatrids suggested that Cassander had journeyed to the court to poison the King. [10]
Antipater had recruited a large force, over 40,000 strong, with a core of Macedonian troops and substantial numbers of tribal warriors from the northern fringes of Macedonia, reinforced with troops from his Greek allies. [5] Antipater received aid from Alexander of 3,000 talents to support in what Arrian names the Lacedaemonian (Spartan) War. [6]
The Antipatrid dynasty (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ p ə t r ɪ d /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιπατρίδαι) was a Dorian Greek dynasty [1] of 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 last long; in 294 BC it was swiftly overthrown by the Antigonid ...
Antipater I was co-King of Macedonia from 297 BC-294 BC with his brother Alexander V [15] and through marriage, she became a Queen consort. On the death of her maternal uncle Cassander, his wife Thessalonike divided the kingdom into two: one part to be ruled by Antipater I ’s youngest brother Alexander V and his wife Lysandra and the other ...
Nicaea (Greek: Nίκαια, c. 335 – c. 302 BC [citation needed]) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and was a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater. [1] Her mother's name is unknown. She was born and raised in Macedonia while her father was governor of Macedonia during the reign of Greek King Alexander the Great.