Antipater's Dynasty (ePub)
Alexander the Great's Regent and his Successors
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
File Size: 2.0 MB (.epub)
Pages: 271
ISBN: 9781526730893
Published: 8th January 2019
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Antipater was a key figure in the rise of Macedon under Philip II and instrumental in the succession of Alexander III (the Great). Alexander entrusted Antipater with ruling Macedon in his long absence and he defeated the Spartans in 331 BC. After Alexander’s death he crushed a Greek uprising and became regent of the co-kings, Alexander’s mentally impaired half-brother (Philip III Arrhideus) and infant son (Alexander IV). He brokered a settlement between the contending Successors but died in 319 BC, having first appointed Polyperchon to succeed as regent in preference to his own sons.
Antipater’s eldest son Cassander later became regent of Macedon but eventually had Alexander IV killed and made himself king. Three of his sons in turn briefly succeeded him but could not retain the throne. Antipater’s female heirs are shown to be just as important, both as pawns and surprisingly independent players in this Macedonian game of thrones. The saga ends with the failed bid by Nikaia, the widow of Antipater’s great grandson Alexander of Corinth, to become independent ruler of Macedon.
A great book by a great author on one of the most important of the Diadochi.
A Wargamers Needful Things
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Desperta Ferro, No.56
I found this to be a useful addition to my library of worlds on Alexander and his successors, with its focus on the problems of Macedonia in a period when the main focus of attention was almost always further to the east, and a time that saw Macedonia almost immediately lose control of the massive empire conquered in its name.
History of War
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The author has written a compelling review of Antipater and his family in a very readable style without losing the authority of scholarship. Highly Recommended
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Wargames Illustrated, January 2019
About John D Grainger
JOHN D GRAINGER is a former teacher and historian of great experience with a particular interest in Classical and Hellenistic Greek history. His many previous works include the following for Pen & Sword: Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars (2011); The Wars of the Maccabees (2012); Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea (2013); a three-part history of the Seleukid Empire (2014-16), King’s and Kingship in the Hellenistic World 350-30 BC (2017), Antipater’s Dynasty (2018), Ancient Dynasties (2019, The Roman Imperial Succession (March 2020), The Straits from Troy to Constantinople (2021) and The Forty Sieges of Constantinople (2022). He lives in Evesham, Worcestershire.