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    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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    Diadochi (section Antipater)
    When Alexander's generals gathered at the Partition of Babylon to divide the empire between themselves, Antipater was confirmed as General of Greece while...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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. Poyperchon was to succeed...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • Philip (Greek: Φίλιππoς; lived 4th century BC) was son of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, and brother of Cassander, by whom he was sent in 313 BC...
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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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    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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  • Alexander (son of Polyperchon) (category Ancient Greek generals)
    Polyperchon, the regent of Macedonia, and an important general in the Wars of the Diadochi. Antipater, on his death in 319 BC, had left the regency to Polyperchon...
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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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    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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    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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    "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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  • figure who was more experienced than Meleager was the Macedonian general Antipater, who remained in Macedon during Alexander's entire Asian campaign...
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    Eumenes (category Ancient Greek generals)
    soldiers (320 BC), the Macedonian generals condemned Eumenes to death at the Conference at Triparadisus, assigning Antipater and Antigonus as his executioners...
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  • Macedonian regent Antipater or his son Cassander, learning that Demades has intrigued with the former regent Perdiccas, puts him to death. Antipater becomes ill...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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