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Antipater
Antipater , d. 319 BC, Macedonian general. He was one of the ablest and most trusted lieutenants of Philip II and was a friend and supporter of Alexander the Great . When Alexander went on his Asian campaign, Antipater was left as regent (334-323 BC) in Macedon. He resisted the attempt of Olympia... Read more
Diadochi
Diadochi [Gr.,=successors], the Macedonian generals and administrators who succeeded Alexander the Great . Alexander's empire, the largest that the world had known to that time, was quickly built. At his death in 323 BC it disintegrated even more quickly. Alexander's more important followers, late... Read more
Philip II
Philip II 382-336 BC, king of Macedon (359-336 BC), son of Amyntas II. While a hostage in Thebes (367-364), he gained much knowledge of Greece and its people. He was appointed regent for Amyntas, young son of his brother Perdiccas III, but seized the throne for himself, ruthlessly suppressing forei... Read more
Antigonus I
Antigonus I (Antigonus the One-Eyed or Antigonus Cyclops) , 382?-301 BC, general of Alexander the Great and ruler in Asia. He was made (333 BC) governor of Phrygia, and after the death of Alexander he was advanced by the friendship of Antipater , who with Ptolemy I and Craterus, supported Ant... Read more
Ptolemy I
Ptolemy I (Ptolemy Soter) , d. 284 BC, king of ancient Egypt, the first ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (or Lagid dynasty), son of a Macedonian named Lagus. He was one of the leading generals of Alexander the Great, and after Alexander's death (323 BC) he joined the other Diadochi in dividing an... Read more
Macedon
Macedon , ancient country, roughly equivalent to the modern region of Macedonia . In the history of Greek culture Macedon had its single significance in producing the conquerors and armies who created the Hellenistic empires and civilizations. Macedon proper constituted the coast plain NW, N, ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Perdiccas"

Perdiccas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Perdiccas , d. 321 BC, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander (323) he ruled as regent from Babylon...
Diadochi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...scramble. Chief among them were Antipater , Perdiccas , Eumenes , Craterus, Antigonus ( Antigonus...had the real claim to the inheritance. Perdiccas had the regency (323-322), in effect...Antipater also had claim. Eumenes supported Perdiccas, while Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Craterus...
Philip II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...was appointed regent for Amyntas, young son of his brother Perdiccas III, but seized the throne for himself, ruthlessly suppressing...Antigonus Cyclops, Antipater, Nearchus, Parmenion, and Perdiccas. Bibliography: See D. G. Hogarth, Philip and Alexander...
Eumenes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Paphlagonia. In the wars of the Diadochi he threw in his lot with Perdiccas and thus was opposed by Antipater , Antigonus I , Ptolemy I , and Craterus. However, the death of Perdiccas (321 BC) deprived Eumenes of all dependable support. He was...
Antipater
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...government on Athens, he drove Demosthenes to commit suicide. Antipater was a leading opponent of the regent, Perdiccas, and after Perdiccas was defeated in 321 by Ptolemy I, Antigonus I, and Craterus, it was Antipater who held the kingdom together...
Macedon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...death (323 BC); these were the successors (the Diadochi), founders of states and dynasties—notably Antipater, Perdiccas, Ptolemy I, Seleucus I, Antigonus I, and Lysimachus. They had armies largely Macedonian and Greek in personnel, and...
Antigonus I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Alexander he was advanced by the friendship of Antipater , who with Ptolemy I and Craterus, supported Antigonus in 321 against Perdiccas and Eumenes . In the wars of the Diadochi , Antigonus was the leading figure because he seems to have had the best chance...
Ptolemy I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of Antipater (though he soon shifted his affection to her niece and his own half sister, Berenice ). He defeated (321) Perdiccas , and he at first supported Antigonus I in the confused struggle for imperial power. He defeated Eumenes , then fearing Antigonus...
Isauria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Isaura Vetus [old Isaura], a strongly fortified city at the foot of Mt. Taurus, was besieged by the Macedonian regent Perdiccas in the 4th cent. BC, the Isaurians destroyed the town by fire rather than submit to capture. The Isaurians were brought...

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Alexander's final resting place: Andrew Chugg pinpoints the Emperor's long-lost tomb.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Damascus and Ptolemy came north with an army to meet it. Perdiccas, the regent of the Empire, sent his lieutenants Attalus...troops, but failed to recapture the body. Consequently, Perdiccas took the Grand Army into Egypt in tire spring of 321 BC aiming...
Historical Vignette: "Most Brilliant in Judgment": Alexander the Great and Aristotle
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...was not enough for the rest of his soldiers.3,6 On another occasion, when he was handing out presents to his soldiers, Perdiccas, one of his generals, asked him what he was saving for himself. Alexander responded, "My hopes."3 Such acts of self...
Alexander.(Movie Review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 11/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Nick Dunning Eurydice Marie Meyer Ptolemy Elliot Cowan Philotas Joseph Morgan Antigonous Ian Beattie Nearchus Denis Conway Perdiccas Neil Jackson Crateros Rory McCann Darius Raz Degan Stateira Annelise Hesme Roxane's Father Feodor Atkine Unlike his boyhood...