Antigonid dynasty
As Antigonid the descendants of the Diadochi Antigonus be called I. Monophthalmos that ( with a break 287-276 BC) ruled from 294 BC Macedonia and parts of Greece. Antigonus I built a short-lived empire that his son Demetrios I. Poliorketes lost after the Battle of Ipsos again. Only Antigonus II Gonatas his grandson was able to secure himself and his successors the Macedonian throne. Under Philip V. of Macedonia had won around 200 BC a hegemony over much of Greece, but was in a dispute with several small states. So it came to the fateful intervention of the Roman Empire. 168 BC defeated King Perseus of Macedon in the battle against the Roman legions at Pydna. This marked the end of the reign of Antigonid had come.
The aim of antigonidischen policy was the establishment of a hegemony over Greece and (if possible ) over parts of the Aegean Sea. Macedonia had probably the best army of all the successor kingdoms, even though it was not strong enough for the ambitious objectives. As disastrous, the Alliance of Philip V proved with Hannibal (215 BC), the Macedonia earned the enmity of Rome, which also established itself at the beginning of the 2nd century BC as a protectorate in the eastern Mediterranean.
Ruler
King in Asia:
- 306-301 Antigonus I Monophthalmos
Kings of Macedon:
- 294-287 Demetrius I Poliorketes
- Antigonus Gonatas II 276-239
- 239-229 Demetrius II Aitolikos
- 229-221 Antigonus III. doson
- 221-179 Philip V
- 179-168 Perseus
King of Cyrene:
- 250-248 Demetrius the Fair