Antipater
Antipater (/ænˈtɪpətər/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος, romanized: Antipatros, lit. 'like the father'; c. 400 BC – 319 BC) was a Macedonian general and statesman under the successive kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. In the wake of the collapse of the Argead house, his son Cassander would eventually come to rule Macedonia as a king in his own right.
| Antipater | |
|---|---|
| Regent of Macedonia | |
| Reign | c. 321 - 319 BC |
| Successor | Polyperchon |
| Born | c. 400 BC |
| Died | spring 319 BC (aged c. 81) |
| Issue | Phila, Eurydice, Nicaea, Iollas, Cassander, Pleistarchus, Philip, Nicanor, Alexarchus, Perilaus |
| Greek | Ἀντίπατρος |
| Father | Iolaos of Macedon |
In 320 BC, Antipater was elected regent of all of Alexander the Great's Empire but died the following year. In a perplexing turn of events, he chose an infantry officer named Polyperchon as his successor instead of his son Cassander, and a two-year-long power struggle (the Second War of the Diadochi) ensued.
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