biography
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Antigonus I
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known as Cyclops or Monophthalmos (Gr ‘One-eyed’)
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pronunciation:
[antigonus]
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| male
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| lived:
| (382–301 BC)
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| biography:
| Macedonian soldier, one of the generals of Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death, he received the provinces of Phrygia Major, Lycia, and Pamphylia. On Antipater's death in 319 BC, he aspired to the sovereignty of Asia, and waged incessant wars against the other generals, making himself master of all Asia Minor and Syria. In 306 BC he assumed the title of king, together with his son Demetrius Poliorcetes, but was defeated and slain at Ipsus in Phrygia. |
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