Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east.... n kings of the Antigonid dynasty
Antigonid dynasty
The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great general Antigonus I Monophthalmus .History... that succeeded Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle.... in Asia:
Antigonus I Monophthalmus son of Philip from Elimiotis, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. He was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and establishing the Antigonid dynasty.... (382–301 BC)
Antigonus II Gonatas was a powerful ruler who firmly established the Antigonid dynasty in Macedonia and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans.... (319–239 BC)
Antigonus III Doson was king of Macedon from 229 BC-221 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty.Antigonus was a son of Macedon prince Demetrius the Fair from his first marriage to Greek noblewoman Olympias of Larissa.... (263–221 BC)
Antigonus of Callas Macedonian hetairos and athlete
Antigonus of Carystus , Greek literature writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BC. After some time spent at Athens and in travelling, he was summoned to the court of Attalus I of Pergamum.... , 3rd century BC Greek writer on various subjects.
Antigonus of Sokho was the first scholar of whom Pharisee tradition has preserved not only the name but also an important theological doctrine.... , Jew
Jew
A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.... ish scholar of the third century BC.
Antigonus II Mattathias (died 37 BC), the last ruler of the Hasmonean
Hasmonean
The Hasmoneans were the ruling dynasty of the Hasmonean Kingdom of Israel , an independent Jewish state. The Hasmonean dynasty was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after his brother Judas Maccabeus defeated the Seleucid army during the Maccabean Revolt in 165 BCE.... kingdom of Judea
Judea
Judea or Jud?a is the name given to the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel , an area now divided between Israel and the West Bank .... .
A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species.... of skipper butterflies.
