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Cassander

Cassander (350 BC-297 BC) was King of Macedon from 305 to 297 BC, succeeding Alexander IV and preceding Philip IV.

Biography[]

Cassander was the eldest son of Antipater, and he was educated by Aristotle alongside Alexander the Great, Hephaestion, Ptolemy, and Lysimachus at the Lyceum in Macedonia. Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, he became one of the diadochi who engaged in the violent "funeral games", having Alexander IV of Macedon, Roxana, and Alexander's illegitimate son Heracles of Macedon executed and restoring Thebes as a snub to the late king. Cassander ruled over Macedonia from 317 to 297 BC, restoring peace and prosperity to the kingdom while founding and restoring cities such as Thebes, Thessalonica (named for his wife Thessalonike of Macedon), and Cassandreia. He died of dropsy in 297 BC, and his kingdom was conquered by the Antigonids not long after his death, as his sons engaged in a violent succession war which left Macedon weak.

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