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Early history. In his youth, Cassander was taught by the philosopher Aristotle at the Lyceum in Macedonia. He was educated alongside Alexander the Great in a group that included Hephaestion, Ptolemy and Lysimachus. [7] His family were distant collateral relatives to the Argead dynasty.
Cassander (born c. 358 bc —died 297 bc) was the son of the Macedonian regent Antipater and king of Macedonia from 305 to 297. Cassander was one of the diadochoi (“successors”), the Macedonian generals who fought over the empire of Alexander the Great after his death in 323.
Jun 23, 2016 · Cassander (c. 355-297 BCE, r. 305-297 BCE) was self-proclaimed king of Macedon during the political turmoil following Alexander's death. Born in Greece as the son of Antipater, the regent of Macedon...
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Mar 9, 2021 · In his quest to take over the fragmented empire of Alexander the Great, Cassander ruthlessly decimated what remained of the Antipatrid dynasty. Cassander was a King of Macedon who lived during the 4th century BC.
Nov 27, 2020 · Cassander’s vision of a lasting dynastic monarchy was ultimately wrecked in 294, with domestic bloodshed, as Cassander had once caused. Notably, Cassander’s son and his last surviving heir, Antipater II murdered his own mother Thessalonice only to be then killed by Lysimachus.
Cassander was a pivotal figure in the tumultuous period following Alexander the Great’s death. His strategic acumen, political alliances, and ruthless elimination of rivals enabled him to secure the throne of Macedon and maintain stability in a time of great upheaval.
Alarmed by the growth of Antigonus' power in Asia and Greece, Cassander proclaimed himself King of Macedonia and joined the coalition of Ptolemy, Seleucus and Lysimachus against Antigonus.
Cassander (Greek: Κάσσανδρος ): one of the successors of Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia from 306 to 298. Coin of Cassander. Cassander was born in about 350 BCE; he was the son of Antipater, the viceroy of Alexander the Great in Macedonia.
Cassander (d. 297 bc) in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev) Length: 254 words
Cassander (c. 355-297 BCE, r. 305-297 BCE) was self-proclaimed king of Macedon during the political turmoil following Alexander's death. Born in Greece as the son of Antipater, the regent of Macedon and Greece in the absence of Alexander the Great, he ruled beside his father eventually battling against the commander Polyperchon for supremacy in ...
