MACEDONIAN KINGS

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MACEDONIAN KINGS

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PERDIKKAS I 700-652
ARGAIOS I 652-621
PHILLIP I 621-588
AEROPOS I 588-568
ALKETAS I 568-540
AMYNTAS I 540-498
ALEXANDER I 498-454
ALKETAS II 454-448
PERDIKKAS II 448-413
ARCHELAOS I 413-399
AEROPOS II 399-393
AMYNTAS II 393-391
ARGAIOS II 391-390
AMYNTAS II (AGAIN) 390-369
ALEXANDER II 369-368
PTOLEMAIOS 368-365
PERDIKKAS III 365-359
PHILLIP II 359-336
ALEXANDER III 336-323 (THE GREAT)
ANTIPATROS 323-319
KASSANDROS 319-297
DIMITRIOS POLIORKITIS (INVESTER) 294-287
PYRROS AETOS (EAGLE) 287-282
WITH
LYSIMACHOS 287-281
PTOLEMAIOS II KERAVNOS (THUNDERBOLT) 280
ANTIGONOS GONATAS 278-240
DIMITRIOS II 240-230
ANTIGONOS DOSON 230-222
PHILLIP III 222-179
PERSEUS 179-168
ROMANS
REVOLUTION AGAINST THEM BY
ANDRISKOS 148-146
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Re: MACEDONIAN KINGS

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Actually, while Antipater exercised control over Macedon and Greece proper, he never took the title of King. That was held jointly by Philip III Arrhidaeus and Alexander IV. At first Cassander did not dare to call himself King - in fact for a few years after murdering Alexander's son, he continued to sign the boy's name. The last 'true' King of Macedon was the last Argead of the male line - Alexander IV.
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Does Philip Arrhidaios not deserve a place in the king list? I notice that Philip III is cited as being one of the 3rd century kings, so I assume that Arrhidaios was 'excised' from the list at some point.All the bestMarcus
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BE SERIOUS! I MAKE AGAIN A QUESTION : DOES DARIUS III WAS THE LEGAL KING OF PERSIA? ASK AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS.
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DON'T FORGET THAT THE LAST GREEK STATE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PART OF INDIA AND CHINA UNTIL 50A.B. MACEDONIA WAS CONQUERED IN 168B.C. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT PHILLIP ARRHIDAIOS WAS THE LAST KING? WHO WAS THE KING UNTIL 168B.C?
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Er... I never said that Arrhidaios was the last king. I pointed out that he appears to be missing from the list and wondered whether there was a reason for that.And PLEASE stop using capitals.All the bestMarcus
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I assume that that message wasn't meant for me, as it is totally irrelevant to the question I asked.All the bestMarcus
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Re: MACEDONIAN KINGS (additional note)

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Anyway, Antipater was never king of Macedon. It was only in 306, after Alexander IV was declared to be dead, that the various generals started to call themselves kings.All the bestMarcus
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