Antigonus was one of the generals of Alexander the Great. He was born about 382 BC and died in 239 BC. In the division of the empire, after the death of Alexander, Antigonus obtained Greater Phrygia, Lycia, and Pamphylia as his dominion. Being a man of great ambition and ability lie soon managed to consolidate and extend his power, being assisted by his warlike son, Demetrius Poliorcetes. Ptolemy, Seleucus, and Lysimachus, who had also been generals of Alexander, alarmed by his ambition, united themselves against him; and a long series of contests ensued in Syria, Phoenicia, Asia Minor, and Greece, ending in 301 B.C. with the battle of Ipsus in Phrygia, in which Antigonus was defeated and slain, his dominions being divided among the conquerors. Antigonus Gon'atas, son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, and grandson of the above, succeeded his father in the Kingdom of Macedon and all his other European dominions, but did not obtain actual possession of them for some years. Research Antigonus
Cassander wasa king of Macedonia. He was born about 354 BC AND DIED IN 297 BC. He displaced his brother Polysperchon in the regency, removed in succession the mother, the wife, and the son of Alexander the Great to make way for himself to the throne. He married Thessalonica, Alexander's half-sister, and founded the city of that name in her honour. In company with Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Lysimachus he defeated and slew Antigonus, king of Asia, whose dominions were divided amongst the conquerors. Research Cassander
Demetrius Poliorcetes (the besieger of cities) was a king of ancient Macedonia. He was born about 339 BC and died in 283 BC. He was the son of Antigonus a successor of Alexander the Great and being sent by his father to wrestGreece from Cassander, he appeared before Athens with a fleet, expelled the governor Demetrius Phalereus, and restored to the people their ancient form of government in 307 BC. He conquered Macedonia in 294 BC and reigned seven years, but lost this country, was imprisoned by Seleucus, and died in Syria in 283 BC. Research Demetrius Poliorcetes
Erasistratus was an ancient Greek physician, said to have been grandson of Aristotle. He lived in the 3rd century BC, and was court physician of Seleucus Nicator, king of Syria. He was the first who systematically dissected the human body, and his description of the brain and nerves is much more exact than any given by his predecessors. He classified the nerves into nerves of sensation and of locomotion, and it is said had almost stumbled upon the discovery of the circulation of the blood. Of his works only the titles and some fragments remain, Research Erasistratus
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