biography
| name: |
Antigonus II
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known as Gonatas
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pronunciation:
[antigonus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.319–239 BC)
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| biography:
| King of Macedon. He did not mount his throne until 276 BC, seven years after the death of his father, Demetrius Poliorcetes. Pyrrhus of Epirus overran Macedonia in 274 BC, but Antigonus soon recovered his kingdom, and consolidated it despite incessant wars. |
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