ANTIPATER, Macedonian General

ăntĭpˈətər, d. 319 b.c., 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 b.c.) in Macedon. He resisted the attempt of Olympias to gain the regency and governed ably except that his policy of supporting tyrants and oligarchs made him unpopular in Greece. After the death of Alexander he put down a rebellion of many of the Greek cities in the Lamian War and punished Athens. By imposing a more oligarchic form of 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. After his death it fell violently apart in the wars of the Diadochi.

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Aeschines and Athenian Politics
Book by Edward M. Harris; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Aeschines, Athens (Greece)--Politics And Government, Democracy--History, Demosthenes, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Philip--Ii--King Of Macedonia--382-336 B.C
...particular incident, but in general. Schaefer found Aeschines...the negotiations with the Macedonian ambassadors. In 330, however...Athenians were more angry at the general Ergophilus than they were at the general Callistratus, but they nevertheless...
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Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great
Book by Joseph Roisman; Brill, 2003
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Generals--Greece--Biography, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Greece--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Greece--Politics And Government--To 146 B.C
...empire, surrounded by his Macedonian and Persian bodyguards. Yet...teamed up with its governor, Antipater, to suppress the revolt that...infighting that followed Antipaters death in Macedonia in 319...mainland Greece, now pawns in a Macedonian chess game? Since they had...
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Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius
Book by James Romm, Pamela Mensch; Hackett, 2005
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Generals--Greece--Biography, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Greece--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...to hear the Macedonians calling Alexander...Philip their general. b. The battle...most senior general, Parmenio...10. The Macedonian cavalryman...entrusted Macedonian and Greek affairs to Antipater, while he him...
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Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph
Book by A. B. Bosworth; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C--Military Leadership, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C--Campaigns--Asia, Massacres--Asia--History, Massacres--Mexico--History, Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540
...Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323...appropriate to give a general lecture on Alexander...quoted by Major-General Fuller. 13 That...up with the great Macedonian sarisa at two...highlights his talents as general and his disinterested...is simple. As the Macedonian army moved from...
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Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek among Macedonians
Book by Edward M. Anson; Brill Academic Publishers, 2004
Subjects: Eumenes--Of Cardia--Ca. 361-316 B.C, Generals--Greece--Biography, Greece--History--Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C, Macedonia--History--Diadochi, 323-276 B.C
...4. 167C. In general see, R. B. Kebric...definite pro-Macedonian bias, a quality...tradi- tions. Antipater is praised for...the various Macedonian leaders. To...Cassanders son Antipater; he was responsible...13. ? In general, see Berve...the power of a Macedonian national assembly...
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Antipater , Macedonian General
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANTIPATER , Macedonian general antip t r, d. 319 b.c., Macedonian general. He was one of the ablest...on his Asian campaign, Antipater was left as regent (334...Demosthenes to commit suicide. Antipater was a leading opponent...
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LamÍa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...b.c.), waged by the confederate Greeks against Antipater, the Macedonian general, who took refuge in the city and was besieged there for several months. Antipater conquered (322 b.c.) the confederates at Crannon...
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Diadochi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Gr.,=successors, the Macedonian generals and administrators who...Chief among them were Antipater , Perdiccas , Eumenes...On the death (319) of Antipater the struggle was on...shifting alliances, but in general the chief figure was...


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