Antipater after Alexander

[iskander-32]

Does anyone in the forum know the fate of Antipater following Alexanders death.Did he die of natural causes or where there any mysterious sercumstances, how long after Alexanders death did Cassander gain control of Mecedon.Im pretty sure the scene in the trailer where Alexanders is lloking into the eyes of some one with anger, is the occasion Alexander gave Cassander a clip round the ear for him laughing at the customs Alexander was using.It shows that the Cassander input is a liitle more examined.Whilst I was in Greece Cassander was hailed as opne of Alexanders trusted generals, Sometime ignorance from people who should know better is amaizing.Anyway has any one done any study into Antipater after Alexander,I wouldnt be suprised if he got the strange nile virus.Kenny

[ruthaki]

Antipater died in 319 at a very old age of likely natural causes. He had just received the joint kings in Macedonia and before his death he named his Deputy Polyperchon as Regent, much to Kassandros' chagrin. (Kass. was named Chiliarch, and second-in-command to Polyperchon). Not too long afterwards he started to campaign against Polyperchon who foolishly didn't pay enough attention to what Kassandros was up to and this propelled events to the end of Alexander's dynasty.
Check out Jonas' site to get the time-lines for the wars of the Successors as it is pretty well mapped out there. ruthaki