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  Diadochi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antipater was relieved by a force sent by Leonnatus, who was killed in action, but the war did not come to an end until Craterus's arrival with a fleet to defeat the Athenians at the Battle of Crannon on September 5, 322 BC.
Antipater was made regent of the Empire, and the two kings were moved to Macedon.
In effect, Antipater retained for himself control of Europe, while Antigonus, as leader of the largest army east of the Hellespont, held a similar position in Asia.
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 Herod (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
Antipater died by the hand of an assassin (43 BC) and left four sons, Phasael, Herod the Great, Joseph, Pheroras, and a daughter Salome.
Of his marriage with Doris and of her son, Antipater, he reaped only misery, the son, as stated above, ultimately falling a victim to his father's wrath, when the crown, for which he plotted, was practically within his grasp.
Alexander and Aristobulus were killed, through the persistent intrigues of Antipater, the oldest son and heir presumptive to the crown, and he himself fell into the grave he had dug for his brothers.
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 THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD
Tyre will be a bare rock and a place for spreading of nets (26:14).
Antipater appointed Herod to collect these taxes and he did such a good job that Cassius promised him the kingship of Judea.
Antipater was poisoned by his butler, leaving Phasael and Herod in charge of the kingdom.
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 Antipater
Antipater (399-319): commander of the Macedonian forces in Europe during the eastern campaign of Alexander the Great, later regent for Alexander's mentally unstable brother Philip III Arridaeus.
Antipater was born in 399 BCE as the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Iolaus.
Antipater was succeeded by an old officer named Polyperchon, but he soon lost control of the situation, and was replaced by Antipater's son Cassander (more).
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 Crosswalk.com
Now Antipater signalized himself here, and was the first who plucked down a part of the wall, and so opened a way to the rest, whereby they might enter the city, and by this means Pelusium was taken.
Antipater was present, and made his defense as to the accusations that were laid against him.
When Antipater had made this speech, Caesar appointed Hyrcauus to be high priest, and gave Antipater what principality he himself should choose, leaving the determination to himself; so he made him procurator of Judea.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 204 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Of tyre, a Stoic philosopher, and a contemporary of Cato the Younger, whose friend Antipater is said to have been when Cato was yet a young man. (Plut.
4.) He appears to be the same as the Anti­pater of Tyre mentioned by Strabo.
Of tyre, likewise a Stoic philosopher, but unquestionably of a later date than the for­ mer, though Vossius (de Hist.
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 History : Josephus' writings - Book 21, Ch. 11
Thus was he preserved again by Antipater, who dissuaded Marcus, the then president of Syria, from his resolution of killing Malichus, on account of his attempts for innovation.
However, Malichus, when lie was suspected ef poisoning Antipater, and when the multitude was angry with him for it, denied it, and made the people believe he was not guilty.
Upon which Malithus came to him, and bewailed Antipater; Herod also made him believe [he admitted of his lamentations as real], although he had much ado to restrain his passion at him; however, he did himself bewail the murder of his father in his letters to Cassius, who, on other accounts, also hated Malichus.
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 Antipater (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several notable persons of the ancient world were named (Latin) "Antipater", (Greek) Antipatros (Αντιπατρος, literally meaning "like the father"):
Antipater (died 4 BC), son of Herod the Great.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
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 The Hellenistice World (323 - 30 B.C.)
For the moment Antipater was confirmed in authority in Macedon and Greece.
For a time Antipater was hard-pressed in Lamia (the war of 323-322 is known as the Lamian War).
Then, in 319, Antipater died and was succeeded by a senior commander but maladroit politician named Polyperchon, who tried to win the Greeks of the mainland by a new proclamation of their liberties.
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 The Greek Period
Antipater remained in Macedonia with an army of 12,000 foot soldiers and 1500 cavalry.
Antipater of Idumea persuaded Hyrcanus that Aristobulus was plotting to kill him.
When Hyrcanus was old, Antipater suggested that his son Phasael be made the prefect over Jerusalem, and his son Herod, be made governor of Galilee.
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 Alexander the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Various theories have been proposed for the cause of his death which include poisoning by the sons of Antipater or others, sickness that followed a drinking party, or a relapse of the malaria he had contracted in 336 BC.
The original story stated that Cassander, son of Antipater, viceroy of Greece, brought the poison to Alexander in Babylon in a mule's hoof, and that Alexander's royal cupbearer, Iollas, brother of Cassander, administered it.
After a conflict between Seleucus and Perdiccas, the Partition of Triparadisus was established in 320 BCE, in which Antipater was named as the new regent, and the satrapies again shared between the various generals.
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 BOOK XIV
However, Hyrcanus sent Antipater first to the king of Arabia, in order to receive assurances from him, that when he should come in the manner of a supplicant to him, he would not deliver him up to his enemies.
But when Antipater’s sons, Herod and Phasaelus, were acquainted with this conspiracy against their father, and had indignation at it, Malichus denied all, and utterly renounced any knowledge of the murder.
Hereupon Antony, by reason of the old hospitable friendship he had made with his father [Antipater], at that time when he was with Gabinius, he made both Herod and Phasaelus tetrarchs, and committed the public affairs of the Jews to them, and wrote letters to that purpose.
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 Macedonia - Alexander drachm
Perdiccas' maneuvers became obvious and there was correspondences between Ptolemy and Antipater that they needed to stop Perdiccas, but Antipater being the father of Perdiccas' wife, could do nothing.
Antipater and the generals met in Babylon and divided the empire: Antipater (now over 80 years old) got Macedonia and Greece and control of the two royals (Phillip III and baby Alexander).
Soon Antipater became ill and on his death bed he declared that his general Polysperchon should succeed him and that his son Cassander should be given a high military position.
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 Macedonia - United Macedonians Organization of Canada
Tyre was an independent city and the most powerful naval and commercial port in the region.
Antipater unfortunately had his hands full putting down Thracian uprisings and was unable to immediately respond to this Spartan provocation.
Antipater took most of the nobles as hostages and referred their fate to the League as Alexander had previously done with the Thebans.
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 Ptolemy I Soter
Antipater was the new regent and would keep an eye on queen-mother Roxane, king Philip Arridaeus and the young Alexander IV, who were to move to Macedonia.
Antipater's other ally Antigonus the One-Eyed was reappointed as satrap of Pamphylia, Lycia and Phrygia, to which Lycaonia was added; he was to take over Perdiccas' army and had to expel Eumenes;
In 319, Antipater died, and civil war broke out in the European part of the Macedonian army, where Antipater's son Cassander had been disinherited, and an officer named Polyperchon had become regent.
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 Alexander Chronology
Late winter to midsummer: the siege and destruction of Tyre.
Antipater negotiates peace in Thrace and attacks Agis III of Sparta.
In Greece Antipater ends the revolt of Agis III of Sparta at the battle of Megalopolis.
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 Alexander of Macedon - Alexander the Great
The 22 year-old king appointed Philip's experienced general Antipater as regent in his absence to preside over the affairs of Macedonia and Greece, left him a significant force of 13,500 Macedonian soldiers to watch Greece, Thrace, Illyria, and protect Macedonia, and set out for the Hellespont (modern Dardanelles) in the spring of 334 BC.
Antipater was in Thrace at the time and the Greeks took the opportunity to push back the Macedonian forces.
Antipater and Craterus jointly marched into Greece, defeated the Greek army at Crannon in Thessaly and brought the war to an end.
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 Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus (1886). pp. 90-171 Books 11-20
In the midst of these proceedings, letters from Antipater in Macedonia were brought to Alexander, in which the war of Agis king of Sparta in Greece, that of Alexander king of Epirus in Italy, and that of Zopyrion his own lieutenant-general in Scythia, were communicated.
Antipater, though he saw his auxiliaries defeated, was yet rejoiced at the death of Leonatus, congratulating himself that his rival was taken off, and his force added to his own.
Antipater, son of Cassander, puts his mother to death; Demetrius Poliorcetes becomes master of Macedonia, I.----Demetrius is driven from Macedonia; deaths of Antipater and Cassander, II.----War between Pyrrhus and Lysimachus; account of the city Heraclea, in Pontus, III.----Tyranny of Clearchus there, IV.----Death of Clearchus; subsequent condition of Heraclea, V. AFTER the deaths, in rapid succession,
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 Alexander The Great   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In spring 334 he crossed the Dardanelles, leaving Antipater, who had already faithfully served his father, as his deputy in Europe with over 13,000 men; he himself commanded about 30,000 foot and over 5,000 cavalry, of whom nearly 14,000 were Macedonians and about 7,000 allies sent by the Greek League.
While the siege of Tyre was in progress, Darius sent a new offer: he would pay a huge ransom of 10,000 talents for his family and cede all his lands west of the Euphrates.
Later the incident was to contribute to the story that he was the son of Zeus and, thus, to his "deification." In spring 331 he returned to Tyre, appointed a Macedonian satrap for Syria, and prepared to advance into Mesopotamia.
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 A War Of Mice
The contribution to Alexander's campaign by Antipater may be under rated by history, but Alexander must have been well aware of them.
With Agis approaching from the south and Memnon from the east, Antipater was confronted with a pincer attack on two fronts.
Agis was not as lucky as Memnon; with his eastern border secure, Antipater turned the full force of the Macedonian army south to face Agis.
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 The Hellenistic Age
Antigonus has few ships as Ptolemy is holding all Phoenician vessels and their crews in Egypt, so he decides to build a fleet of his own.
He camps before Tyre, summons all the kings of the Phoenician cities and the viceroys of Syria and demands them to assist him in building ships.
Anarchy and piracy is brought under control and the cities of Phoenicia turn to the sea and trade.
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 List of ancient Greeks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antipater II of Macedon - King of Macedon
Antipater III of Macedon - King of Macedon
Apollonius of Tyre - hero of a novel
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 BOOK XIV
But there was a certain friend of Hyrcanus, an Idumean, called Antipater, who was very rich, and in his nature an active and a seditious man; who was at enmity with Aristobulus, and had differences with him on account of his good-will to Hyrcanus.
So Gabinius settled the affairs which belonged to the city Jerusalem, as was agreeable to Antipater's inclination, and went against the Nabateans, and overcame them in battle.
NOW (22) Ptolemy, the son of Menneus, brought back into Judea Antigonus, the son of Aristobulus, who had already raised an army, and had, by money, made Fabius to be his friend, add this because he was of kin to him.
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 Ancient History Sourcebook: Diogenes Laërtius:  The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: Book VII: The ...
The voice of a beast is a mere percussion of the air by some impetus: but the voice of a man is articulate, and is emitted by intellect, as Diogenes lays it down, and is not brought to perfection in a shorter period than fourteen years.
A definition is, as Antipater explains it in the first book of his treatise on Definitions, a sentence proceeding by analysis enunciated in such a way as to give a complete idea; or, as Chrysippus says in his treatise on Definitions, it is the explanation of an idea.
Antipater, in the seventh book of his treatise on the World, says that his substance is aërial.
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 Alexander, The Persians and the Mongols - Ancient Roman Empire Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Macedonian General Antipater was the Governor of the Greek Cities.
This was how Phillip II and Antipater had gained Greek’s Support for the War in the East.
One of the main points to the Macedonian -Greek Invasion of Persia, was the revenge for the burning of Greek Temples 150 years prior, and giving Democracy back to those colonies.
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 Missionaries of Civilization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Tyre, Sidon and other Phoenician Christian cities and towns provided rest-stops and shelters for the Apostles on their way to convert the world?
The name 'Phoenicians,' was not what the Phoenicians called themselves but what the Greeks called them; the word means dark red in Greek and refers to the royal Tyrian purple dye that Phoenicians extracted from murex shells to dye cloth with and sold to the rich of the ancient world.
The name appears in Psalm 45:14, in the phrase bat melek Ponnima (daughter of the king of the Phoenicians), which parallels bat Sor (daughter of Tyre) of verse 13.
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 Plutarch's ALEXANDER
But when the Thebans merely retorted by demanding Philotas and Antipater to be delivered into their hands, and by a proclamation on their part invited all who would assert the liberty of Greece to come over to them, he presently applied himself to make them feel the last extremities of war.
But in the account which he gave Antipater of the battle, though indeed he owns he was wounded in the thigh with a sword, though not dangerously, yet he takes no notice who it was that wounded him.
While the body of the army lay before Tyre, he made an excursion against the Arabians who inhabit the Mount Antilibanus, in which he hazarded his life extremely to bring off his master Lysimachus, who would needs go along with him, declaring he was neither older nor inferior in courage to Phoenix, Achilles's guardian.
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 Lecture Notes for Week Fourteen
On news of Alexander's death, a number of Greek cities again decided to try to shake off the Macedonian yoke, which at that point was held by Antipater, the Macedonian general left in charge of Macedonia and Greece when Alexander departed for the east.
Antipater eventually, with the arrival of Craterus, eventually gained the upper hand in summer 322
Antipater, the regent in Macedonia, and a member of Philip's generation
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 Page 246
Winning Marion of Tyre, attempted to assert of His his rights to the throne.
To improve his status Herod divorced his wife Doris and sent away her son Antipater, betrothing himself to Mariamne, granddaughter of Hyrcanus, thus entering the family of the Hasmoneans.
A crisis was precipitated through an attack of the Parthians during which Phasael, who had been made king of Jerusalem, committed suicide and another brother of Herod was taken prisoner by the Parthians, while Antigonus was placed on the throne.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jerusalem (Before A.D. 71)
After long and painful efforts, "David took the castle of Sion" and "dwelt in the castle, and called it, the city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards" (2 Samuel 5:7, 9).
By the victory of Issus and the capture of Tyre, Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, became master of Western Asia.
When Antipater died (43), Antigonus, the son of Aristobulus II, seized the throne, sent Hyrcanus II into exile among his allies, the Parthians and imprisoned Phasael, who killed himself in despair (Antiq.
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