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How Antigonus, Greatest of Alexander’s Successors, Began His Rise to Power By Tristan Hughes, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:35 PM Antigonus dominated the Wars of the Successors. The veteran general of Philip II and Alexander the Great, he was king of a domain that for years ruled supreme in western Asia. He had lost at the Battle of Ipsus, but was the ultimate winner as ancestor of the Antigonid royal line. By 302 BC his … Continued Read more »

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