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Born 336 BCE • North Macedonia
Died 283 BCE • Cilicia • Turkey
Title / Office king (294BC-288BC), Macedonia
Role In Battle of Ipsos
Parmenio
Macedonian general
Seleucus I Nicator
Seleucid ruler
Lysimachus
king of Macedonia
Cassander
king of Macedonia
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Antigonus II Gonatas
king of Macedonia
Perseus
king of Macedonia
Antipater
regent of Macedonia
Antigonus III Doson
king of Macedonia
Perdiccas
Macedonian general and regent
Demetrius II
king of Macedonia
Craterus
Macedonian general
Eumenes
Greek general
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Roman statesman [died 53 BCE]
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
king of Macedonia
Philip V
Philip V
king of Macedonia
Archelaus
king of Macedonia
Alexander I
king of Macedonia
Amyntas III
king of Macedonia

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