CASSANDER

kəsănˈdər, 358–297 b.c., king of Macedon, one of the chief figures in the wars of the Diadochi. The son of Antipater, he was an officer under Alexander the Great, but there was ill feeling between them. After his father's death, Cassander engaged in vigorous warfare against Antipater's successor as regent, Polyperchon. He was successful, and by 318 he had a preponderant influence in Macedonia and Greece. Alexander's mother, Olympias, challenged this and put Philip III, Alexander's half brother, and many others to death. Cassander pursued her, crushed her army, and condemned her to death (316). Later, to strengthen his claim to the throne, he married Alexander's half sister, Thessalonica, and in 311 he murdered Alexander's widow, Roxana, and their son. He resisted the efforts of Antigonus I to rebuild the empire and was one of the coalition that defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at Ipsus in 301. Secure in his position, he founded the cities of Thessaloníki and Cassandreia (on the site of Potidaea) and rebuilt Thebes.

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Lectures on Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Taking of Alexandria by Octavianus: From the Earliest Times to the Taking of Alexandria by Octavianus. Comprising the History of the Asiatic Nations, the Egyptians, Greeks, Macedonians and Carthaginians - Vol. 3
Book by B. G. Niebuhr, Leonhard Schmitz; Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1852
Subjects: History, Ancient
...condition of Athens until its conquest by Cassander 47...54 Cassander 55...CONTEST BETWEEN POLYSPERCHON AND CASSANDER. EXTINCTION OF THE FAMILY OF ALEXANDER...
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The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version [Dramas: Merope; Olympia; the Orphan of China; Brutus] - Vol. 15
Book by William F. Fleming, Voltaire; E. R. DuMont, 1901
...DRAMATIS PERSONAE. MEN. CASSANDER, Son of Antipater, King of Macedonia...Mysteries. SOSTHENES an Officer of Cassander. HERMAS, an Officer of Antigones...seen in the porch. The great door opens; Cassander in great agitation approaches Sosthenes...
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Ptolemy of Egypt
Book by Walter M. Ellis; Routledge, 1994
Subjects: Egypt--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Ptolemy--I Soter--King Of Egypt--D. 283 B.C
...without having to decipher Kassandros as Cassander, or to struggle with the notion that...successor. This was galling to Antipaters son Cassander, who immediately began a campaign to...epimeletes or regent. Ptolemy sided with Cassander as the most likely and able (not to mention...
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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
...Moreover, concluding with the death of Cassanders son would show an Athenian perspective...Fontanas lotte, 155), the death of Cassander followed shortly by that of his son...ended his history with the death of Cassanders eldest son Philip. This death was...
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From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Andrew G. Traver; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: History, Ancient--Dictionaries
...between Antigonus (Asia), Macedon-Greece (Cassander), Lysimachus (Thrace), Ptolemy (Egypt...Ipsus; Antigonus dies 297 Death of Cassander, ruler of Macedon 297-272 Career of...Antipater over the head of Antipaters son *Cassander. Soon, however, he was back on the trail...
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Lutheran and Catholic Reunionists in the Age of Bismarck
Journal article by Manfred Fleischer; Church History, Vol. 57, 1988
Subjects: Church History
...Ahrendts and Opitz represented the Via media within German Protestantism. Rooted in Erasmus, Melanchthon, Bucer, Witzel, and Cassander, this tradition was carried on by Calixt, Leibniz, Molanus, and Fabricius, to name only the heads of this school of thought...
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Historical Method and Confessional Identity in the Era of the Reformation (1378-1615)
Journal article by James K. Farge; Theological Studies, Vol. 66, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Historical Method and Confessional Identity in the Era of the Reformation (1378-1615) (Book)--Book reviews
...ecclesiastical positions. The distinction is not always evident. A Calvinist like Beza and Catholics like Claude de Sainctes and Georg Cassander clearly used history and patristic authority not merely as foundations or even fortifications, but as weapons. Luther quoted...


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HER: HE ASSAULTED ME.. HIM: SHE ASSAULTED ME; Bend It like Becks Star Held by Police
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 7, 2005
...case of claim and counter-claim. "Both parties have accused each other of actual bodily harm." Rhys-Meyers also plays Cassander in the new film Alexander alongside fellow Irishman Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Val Kilmer. And he attended Wednesday...
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Emily Joins the Hollywood Elite; HOMES GOSSIP Homes & Property
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 22, 2004
...guardian in County Cork, no one could accuse him of neglecting his mother, Mary-Geraldine. Set to star as the Greek warrior Cassander in Oliver Stones epic Alexander, he has bought her a house in a "nice bit of Cork". He adds: "Her great delight is decorating...
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Long Live King Henry the Sexy! Macho Man: Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Inset: As King Henry VIII
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 19, 2007
...right to be. Oliver Stone, who directed the critically panned filmAlexander in 2004, in which Rhys Meyers played the part of Cassander, was alsohard on him. He tosses his head back looking for words. Oliver is a genius. Alexander was perhaps the best and worst...
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Jonny Be Good; TROUBLED LIFE OF COLIN FARRELL'S BAD BOY CO-STAR
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 12, 2005
Subjects: Farrell, Colin
...part of Alexanders loyal friend Hephaistion, but director Oliver Stone felt he would be more suited to the nastier role of Cassander - a fact that came as no surprise to Meyers. He said: "Its because I look like a bit of a b*****d and Ive got a darkness...


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encyclopedia articles on: Cassander  - 13 results

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Cassander
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CASSANDER k san d r, 358 297 b.c., king of Macedon, one of the...was ill feeling between them. After his fathers death, Cassander engaged in vigorous warfare against Antipaters successor...III, Alexanders half brother, and many others to death. Cassander pursued her, crushed her army, and condemned her to death...
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Demetrius I , King of Macedon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...312 b.c., Demetrius was able to expel Cassander from Athens; he then defeated Ptolemy...305 b.c.) to take Rhodes by sea. When Cassander, Seleucus I, and Lysimachus, fearing...his competitors, including the sons of Cassander, and succeeded (294 b.c.) to the throne...
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Roxana
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...posthumous son, Alexander IV, were, after Alexanders death, embroiled in the wars of the Diadochi and were imprisoned by Cassander at Amphipolis in Macedonia. They were later killed. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Potidaea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...430 or 429) the city. Philip II of Macedon took (356) Potidaea and may have destroyed it in the ensuing war. Rebuilt by Cassander, the city was named Cassandreia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Demetrius Phalereus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Peripatetics , he wrote extensively in history, rhetoric, and literary criticism. He was governor of Athens (317 307 b.c.) under Cassander . In 307 b.c., when Demetrius I took Athens, Demetrius Phalereus was overthrown. Escaping to Egypt, he rose in the favor of...
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