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	Antigonus III Doson
		Antigonus III Doson: king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 229-221.
		228 (?): Because the Seleucid Empire is weakened by a civil war between king Seleucus II Callinicus and Antiochus Hierax, Antigonus is able to intervene in Caria.
		Revolt in the north; Antigonus returns and is killed in action.
	www.livius.org /am-ao/antigonus/antigonus_iii_doson.html (166 words)

	c. Macedon and Greece, to 146 B.C.E. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		ANTIGONUS II GONATAS (“knock-kneed”?) was driven from Macedon by Pyrrhus of Epirus (274).
		Antigonus defeated Ptolemy in a naval battle off Cos and took the Cyclades, though he had to reconquer them later in the Battle of Andros (245).
		Antigonus III Doson (“going to give,” i.e., always promising) succeeded his cousin Demetrius as guardian of the latter's eight-year-old son, Philip, whom he deposed in 227 to become king himself.
	www.bartleby.com /67/210.html (619 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 188 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ptolemy was the first to break it, under pretence that Antigonus had not restored to liberty the Greek cities in Asia Minor, and accordingly sent a fleet to Cilicia to dislodge the garrisons of Antigonus from the maritime towns.
		Antigonus fell in the battle, in the eighty-first year of his age, and his army was completely defeated.
		ANTIGONUS ('Ai/Tfywos), of carystus, J supposed by some to have lived in the reign c Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, and by others in that c Euergetes.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0197.html (929 words)

	Antigonid dynasty
		The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Macedonian kings ruling descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed").
		After a period of confusion, Demetrius's son Antigonus II Gonatas was able to establish the family's control over the old Kingdom of Macedon, as well as over most of the Greek city-states, by 276 BC.
		Antigonus III Doson[?] (229 BC - 221 BC)
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Antigonid_dynasty.html (161 words)

	Antigonid dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Macedonian kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed").
		After a period of confusion, Demetrius's son Antigonus II Gonatas was able to establish the family's control over the old Kingdom of Macedon, as well as over most of the Greek city-states, by 276 BC.
		Antigonus III Doson (229 BC - 221 BC)
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/a/an/antigonid_dynasty.html (173 words)

	A Smaller History of Greece - Chapter XXI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At length, in 278, Antigonus Gonatas, son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, succeeded in establishing himself on the throne of Macedonia; and, with the exception of two or three years (274-272) during which he was temporarily expelled by Pyrrhus, he continued to retain possession of it till his death in 239.
		Both Antigonus Gonatas and his son Demetrius II.--who had reigned in Macedonia from 239 to 229 B.C. were now dead, and the government was administered by Antigonus Doson, as guardian of Philip, the youthful son of Demetrius II.
		Antigonus Doson was the grandson of Demetrius Poliorcetes, and the nephew of Antigonus Gonatas.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/european/ASmallerHistoryofGreece/chap21.html (6427 words)

	Antigonus III of Macedon - Phantis
		Antigonus III Doson (263 BC-221 BC) was king of Macedon from 229 BC-221 BC.
		Antigonus was the nephew of Antigonus II Gonatas.
		Antigonus defeated Cleomenes III in Battle of Sellasia, 222 BC.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Antigonus_III_of_Macedon (128 words)

	Hellenistic Greece
		Antigonus II ruled until his death in 239, and his family retained the Macedonian throne until it was abolished by the Romans in 146.
		Antigonus placed a garrison at Corinth, the strategic centre of Greece, but Athens, Rhodes, Pergamum and other Greek states retained substantial independence, and formed the Aetolian League as a means of defending it.
		Philip V, who came to power when Doson died in 221, was the last Greek ruler with both the talent and the opportunity to unite Greece and preserve its independence against the "cloud rising in the west": the ever-increasing power of Rome.
	encyclopedie-en.snyke.com /articles/hellenistic_greece.html (1859 words)

	ACHAEAN LEAGUE - LoveToKnow Article on ACHAEAN LEAGUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		About 288 Antigonus Gonatas dissolved the league, which had furnished a useful base for pretenders against Cassander's regency; but by 280 four towns combined again, and before long the ten surviving cities'of Achaea had renewed their federation.
		Antigonus' preoccupation during the Celtic invasions, Sparta's prostration after the Chremonidean campaigns, the wealth amassed by Achaean adventurers abroad and the subsidies of Egypt, the standing foe of Macedonia, all enhanced the league's importance.
		The first federal wars were directed against Macedonia; in 266-263 the league fought in the Chremonidean league, in 243-241 against Antigonus Gonatas and Aetolia, between 239 and 229 with Aetolia against Demetrius.
	25.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AC/ACHAEAN_LEAGUE.htm (1047 words)

	Hellas: Antigonid Macedonia :: 0 A.D. :: Wildfire Games
		The founder of the dynasty was Antigonus I Monophtalmus, the oldest of Alexander’s Diadochi.
		Antigonus had lost almost all territories; this time the situation was saved by his son, the crown prince Demetrius.
		Thereupon, Antigonus married the widow of Demetrius II, adopted the young Philip V, and was proclaimed king and god in 227 BC.
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		About 288 Antigonus Gonatas dissolved the league, which had furnished a useful base for pretenders against Cassander's regency; but by 280 four towns combined again, and before long the ten surviving cities'of Achaea had renewed their federation.
		Antigonus' preoccupation during the Celtic invasions, Sparta's prostration after the Chremonidean campaigns, the wealth amassed by Achaean adventurers abroad and the subsidies of Egypt, the standing foe of Macedonia, all enhanced the league's importance.
		The first federal wars were directed against Macedonia; in 266—263 the league fought in the Chremonidean league, in 243—241 against Antigonus Gonatas and Aetolia, between 239 and 229 with Aetolia against Demetrius.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=579 (986 words)

	AllRefer.com - Antigonus III (Ancient History, Greece, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Antigonus III (Antigonus Doson)[antig´unus dO´son,–sun] Pronunciation Key, d.
		The attacks of Cleomenes III on the Achaean League caused its leader, Aratus, to request help from Antigonus, who led his troops south in 224.
		In 222, Antigonus crushed Cleomenes at Sellasia in Laconea and took Corinth as his reward.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Antigons3.html (212 words)

	Antigonus III Doson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antigonus III Doson (263 BC-221 BC), king of (Landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991) Macedonia 229 BC-221 BC.
		Antigonus was the nephew of (additional info and facts about Antigonus II Gonatas) Antigonus II Gonatas.
		On death of (additional info and facts about Demetrius II of Macedon) Demetrius II of Macedon (229 BC) Antigonus made guardian on Demetrius II son Philip.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/antigonus_iii_doson2.htm (142 words)

	Antigonus III Doson
		Doson's father, however, was actually Demetrius the Fair [briefly king of Cyrene], the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes and his third wife, Ptolemaïs [daughter of Ptolemy I and sister of Ptolemy II].
		It was Doson's father [Demetrius the Fair] who was half-brother of the father of Demetrius II [Antigonus Gonatas], who was Poliorcetes' son by his first wife, Phila, Antipater's daughter and Cassander's sister [see chart below].
		It is highly improbable that Antigonus Doson was himself born of this ill-fated Cyrenian venture.
	virtualreligion.net /iho/antigonus_3.html (844 words)

	Ethics of the Hellenistic Era by Sanderson Beck
		Antigonus II Gonatas, son of Demetrius and grandson of Antigonus I, after defeating the Gauls in Thrace, eliminated his rivals and established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia in 276 BC.
		Antigonus Gonatas regained control of Macedonia and conveyed an army by sea to Corinth against Pyrrhus, whose son Ptolemy was killed in an ambush by the forces of King Areus of Sparta.
		Antigonus Gonatas was succeeded as king of Macedonia in 239 BC by Demetrius II.
	www.san.beck.org /EC23-Hellenistic.html (20398 words)

	Antigonus III Doson - Definition, explanation
		Antigonus was the nephew of Antigonus II Gonatas.
		In 227 BC Antigonus married widow of Demetrius II, Phthia, deposing the young Philip, and became king.
		Antigonus defeated Cleomenes III in Battle of Sellasia, 222 BC.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/an/antigonus_iii_doson.php (160 words)

	Great Battles of History: Sellasia Background & Variant
		In addition, if Antigonus instead attempted to force the pass, he could wheel and charge down into their flanks from both sides.
		Antigonus drew back his light units and brought his own phalanx forward with sarissas leveled to meet the Spartans shouting their war cries.
		Antigonus III proceeded to Sparta and restored it’s pre-Cleomenean government.
	patriot.net /~townsend/GBoH/gboh-sellasiavariant.html (1566 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Macedon
		The son of Antigonus I, he proved himself a very able commander in his father's wars, particularly against Ptolemy I. Though Ptolemy defeated him at Gaza in 312 BC, Demetrius was able to expel Cassander from Athens; he then defeated Ptolemy...
		He won fame in a war in Greece (220-217), in which he sided with the Achaean League against the Spartans and the Aetolian League.
		(Antigonus Gonatas), c.320-239 BC, king of Macedon, son of Demetrius I. He took the title king on his father's death (283) but made good his claim only by defeating the Gauls in Thrace and by taking Macedon in 276.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Macedon (720 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antigonus Doson occupied Acrocorinth with a Macedonian garrison.
		Antigonus Doson returned to Macedonia to expel the invading Illyrians and died in 221
		"Antigonus III Doson." Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=HLAG0074 (167 words)

	Hellenistic Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Antigonus II ruled until his death in 239 BC, and his family retained the Macedonian throne until it was abolished by the Romans in 146 BC.
		In 255 BC Antigonus defeated the Egyptian fleet at Cos and brought the Aegean islands, except Rhodes, under his rule as well.
		Aratus preferred distant Macedon to nearby Sparta, and allied himself with Doson, who in 222 defeated the Spartans and annexed their city – the first time Sparta had ever been occupied by a foreign power.
	www.abitabouteverything.com /files/h/he/hellenistic_greece.html (1900 words)

	Macedonia - United Macedonians Organization of Canada
		Antigonus Doson, sometimes referred to as Antigonus III, did his best to maintain peace and stability in keeping Philip’s kingdom intact.
		Antigonus meanwhile, hardly given any time to enjoy his victory, had to return home to deal with another barbarian invasion.
		Antigonus Doson, barely in his forties, died in the early summer of 221 BC, but not before he made arrangements to place his young nephew Philip V on the Macedonian throne.
	www.unitedmacedonians.org /macedonia/stefov27.html (8065 words)

	Antigonus III — FactMonster.com
		caused its leader, Aratus, to request help from Antigonus, who led his troops south in 224.
		In 222, Antigonus crushed Cleomenes at Sellasia in Laconea and took Corinth as his reward.
		Macedon: Wars with Rome - Wars with Rome Under Antigonus III's successor, Philip V (reigned 221–179 B.C.), Macedon...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0804232.html (190 words)

	History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part X, by Risto Stefov
		Antigonus Doson, sometimes referred to as Antigonus III, did his best to maintain peace and stability in keeping Philip's kingdom intact.
		Victorious, Antigonus reconstituted the Hellenic League of Philip II with himself as hegemon and placed Macedonian garrisons in Acrocorinth and Orchomenos.
		Antigonus Doson, barely in his forties, died in the early summer of 221 BC, but not before he made arrangements to place his young nephew Philip V on the Macedonian throne.
	www.maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov27_print.html (8082 words)

	Walbank Chapter 5
		There was a strong current of opposition and in 268/7 the intrigues of Ptolemy II bore fruit in the outbreak of a Greek revolt against Macedonia known as the Chremonidean War after the Athenian Chremonides, who organized an alliance between Athens and Sparta and the allies of Sparta in the Peloponnese and Crete.
		By 224 Antigonus was in possession of Corinth.
		The new alliance signified a return to the policies of Philip 11 and Antigonus I, except that the new units were not city-states, but confederations, a change reflecting a new emphasis in the political shape of Greece, which we shall look at in Chapter 8.
	lamar.colostate.edu /~jgaughan/courses/306/Walbankch5.htm (6026 words)

	Philip V of Macedonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Philip V was one of the last great Macedonian sovereigns ruling from 221 to 179, whose attempt to extend Macedonian influence throughout Greece resulted in his defeat by Rome.
		The son of Demetrius II and his wife Phthia (Chryseis), the young prince was adopted, after his father's death in 229, by his half-cousin Antigonus Doson, who took the throne.
		On his accession he was only 17 years old and Doson had taken care to organise around him a regency council.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /philip-V.htm (512 words)

	Sketches in the History of Western Philosophy
		Antigonus Monophthalmos, an old general of Philip II, did not rule over Macedonia but was the first of Alexander the Great's generals to proclaim himself a King in his own right, in Phrygia.
		The magnitude of the threat posed by Antigonus led all the others to combine against him, and he was defeated and killed at the battle of Ipsus in 301.
		Antigonus is briefly ejected by Pyrrhus again (273-272), but then returns to establish his dynasty for the rest of the independent history of Macedonia.
	www.friesian.com /hist-1.htm (14741 words)

	Achaean League - Phantis
		The League soon expanded it to control much of the Peloponnesus, considerably weakening the Macedonian hold on the area, but soon it ran into difficulties with the revived Sparta of Cleomenes III.
		Aratus was forced to call in the aid of the Macedonian King, Antigonus Doson, to defeat Cleomenes, and Antigonus re-established Macedonian control over much of the region.
		After Aratus's death, however, the League was able to reap much of the benefits of Macedon's defeat by Rome in 197 BC.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Achaean_League (285 words)

	Battle of Sellasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		King of Macedonia, Antigonus Doson responded and regained the influence lost from the Peloponnese since almost two decades.
		Antigonus drove out the Spartans from Argos and took Orchomenos and Mantineia.
		In 223, Cleomenes attacked and invaded Megalopolis, thus returning to military practices which had disappeared from Greece since the beginning of the 3rd century BC.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battle-of-Sellasia.htm (330 words)

	Chronology of Greek History After the Peloponnesian War
		Seleucus I fled to Ptolemy I. 315-311 -- Coalition of satraps fought against Antigonus I. 312 -- (Late) Ptolemy I defeated Demetrius Poliorcetes at the battle of Gaza.
		Peace treaty among the Successors recognized the division among Antigonus (Asia), Cassander (Macedonia/ Greece), Lysimachus (Thrace), and Ptolemy (Egypt), although omitting the eastern satrapies of Seleucus I. 310-306 -- War between Agathocles and Carthage: invasion of Africa.
		228 -- Antigonus III Doson defeated the Aetolians and Thessalians.
	www.1stmuse.com /frames/greek-chronology.html (2315 words)

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