Cassander

Cassander in Wikipedia

Cassander (Greek: Κάσσανδρος , Kassandros Antipatros; ca. 350 - 297 BC), King of Macedonia (305 - 297 BC), was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty. Early history Cassander is first recorded as arriving at Alexander the Great’s court in Babylon in 323 BC, where he had been sent by his father, Antipater, likely to help uphold A...

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Cassander in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

(Κάσσανδρος). The son of Alexander's general, Antipater. His father, on his death-bed (B.C. 319), appointed Polysperchon regent, and conferred upon Cassander only the secondary dignity of chiliarch. Being dissatisfied with this arrangement, Cassander strengthened himself in various ways that he might carry on war with Polysperchon. First, he formed...

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