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Antigonus I
Monophthalmus (382-301): officer in the army of Alexander
the Great, one of the Diadochi.
His surname means 'one eyed'.
Relatives:
- Father: Philip
- Wife: Stratonice, daughter of Corrhaeus
- Sons: Philip (c.350-306); Demetrius
Poliorcetes (c.337-283)
Main deeds:
- 382: Born
- Companion of king Philip
II of Macedonia
- 336: Assassination of Philip (text);
accession of Alexander
the Great
- 334: Invasion of Asia; Antigonus is commander of the
Greek hoplites
- 333: Antigonus is made satrap
of Phrygia; defeats the Persian armies several times, conquers Lycaonia
- 331: Receives the satrapies of Lycia and Pamphylia
- Fights against the Cappadocian
leader Ariarathes.
- 323: Death of Alexander in Babylon
(text);
settlement of Babylon (text);
Antigonus remains ruler of his dominions
- 322: Antigonus refuses to side with Perdiccas
and Eumenes;
in their successful fight against Ariarathes; flees to Antipater
in Macedonia; outbreak of the First
Diadoch War (Antipater, Antigonus, Ptolemy
Soter, and Craterus
against Perdiccas and Eumenes)
- 320: Death of Perdiccas; Conference of Triparadisus (text);
end of First Diadoch War; Antigonus restored and made supreme commander
of the Macedonian forces in Asia; his task is to defeat Eumenes
- 319: Antigonus besieges Eumenes at Nora (text)
- 318: Outbreak of the Second
Diadoch War (Polyperchon
and Eumenes against Antigonus and Cassander, son of Antipater)
- 317: Antigonus pursues Eumenes to Gabae
(text)
- 315: Antigonus defeats Eumenes; execution of Peithon
(succeeded by Nicanor);
the satrap of Babylonia,
Seleucus,
flees to Ptolemy
- 314: Antigonus has become too powerful: outbreak of
the Third
Diadoch War (Cassander, Ptolemy, and Lysimachus against
Antigonus and his son Demetrius); Antigonus declares the Freedom of
Greece (text)
- 313: Antigonus captures Tyre; the Peloponnese sides
with Antigonus
- 312: Ptolemy defeats Demetrius near Gaza
- 311 (May): Seleucus liberates Babylon (text);
defeat of Nicanor (autumn); the Peace of the Dynasts makes an end to
the Third
Diadoch War (december), and leaves Antigonus breathing space to declare
the Babylonian
War;
- 310: Seleucus defeats Demetrius (spring; text);
Antigonus in Babylon (autumn)
- 309: Seleucus decisively beats Antigonus (text)
- 307: Outbreak of the Fourth
Diadoch War (Ptolemy and Cassander against Antigonus and
Demetrius); Demetrius liberates Athens (text)
- 306: Demetrius defeats Ptolemy off Salamis (Cyprus);
Antigonus and Demetrius accept the royal title (text)
- 305-304: Demetrius is unable to capture Rhodes (text);
proceeds to Greece; Cassander and Ptolemy open negotiations, which
Antigonus declines
- 302: Lysimachus invades Asia Minor; he receives
support from Cassander and Seleucus
- 301: Battle
of Ipsus; death of Antigonus. Asia Minor is for
Lysimachus; Asia for Seleucus; Ptolemy seizes Coele Syria; Demetrius
keeps Greece.
Succeeded by: Demetrius
Poliorcetes
Literature
- R.A. Billows, Antigonos
the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
(1990, Berkeley)
- P. Briant, Antigone
le Borgne (1973, Paris)
- W. Heckel, The
Marshals of Alexander's Empire (1992 London)
- P.V. Wheatley, "The Antigonid Campaign in Cyprus, 306
B.C." in: Ancient
Society 31 (2001) 133-56
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