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Born c.360 BCE
Died 281 BCE
Title / Office governor (323BC-306BC), Thrace • satrap (323BC-306BC), Thrace • king (306BC-281BC), Thrace
Notable Family Members spouse Arsinoe II
Role In Battle of Ipsos
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Cassander
king of Macedonia
Demetrius I Poliorcetes
king of Macedonia
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Antigonus II Gonatas
king of Macedonia
Perseus
king of Macedonia
Antipater
regent of Macedonia
Antigonus III Doson
king of Macedonia
Perdiccas
Macedonian general and regent
Parmenio
Macedonian general
Demetrius II
king of Macedonia
Craterus
Macedonian general
Eumenes
Greek general
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Roman statesman [died 53 BCE]
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
king of Macedonia
Philip V
Philip V
king of Macedonia
Alexander I
king of Macedonia
Archelaus
king of Macedonia
Amyntas III
king of Macedonia

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