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Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas ("knock-knees") (c.319-239): king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 283-239.
Relatives
- Father: Demetrius Poliorcetes
- Mother: Phila I (daughter of Antipater)
- Wife: Phila II (daughter of his sister Stratonice I and Seleucus I Nicator)
- Son: Demetrius II
Main deeds
- 288: Joint attack on Macedonia by Lysimachus and Pyrrhus of Epirus; king Demetrius I Poliorcetes abandons Europe and attacks Lysimachus' Asian possessions; he marches to the east, fails, and surrenders to Seleucus
- Antigonus left in Europe
- 283: Death of Demetrius, still in Asia
- 281: Seleucus invades Lysimachus' realm; defeats him at Corupedium; Seleucus murdered by Ptolemy Keraunos, who becomes king of Macedonia.
- 279: Ptolemy Keraunos killed by the Galatians, who proceed to Greece and capture Delphi (text)
- 277: Antigonus defeats the Galatians and becomes king of Macedonia
- 276: Marriage with Phila II (daughter of his sister Stratonice I and Seleucus I Nicator)
- 272: Invasion of Macedonia by Pyrrhus, who continues to Greece and is killed in a street fight in Argos
- Antigonus establishes strong garrisons in Corinth, Chalkis, and Athens
- 267: Chremonidian War: Athens and king Areus of Sparta try to liberate Greece; they are supported by Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- 263: Antigonus captures Athens
- 261: End of the Chremonidian war
- 260: Outbreak of the Second Syrian War between Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Antiochus II Theos
- 255: Antigonus defeats Ptolemy near Kos
- Late 250s: Crown prince Demetrius II marries Stratonice II (daughter of Antiochus II Theos and Laodice I); they will have no children
- 249: Revolt of Alexander of Corinth; Corinth independent
- 245: During the Laodicean War (or Third Syrian War), the Macedonians attack Ptolemaic possessions in the Aegean Sea (battle of Andros), and gain the Cyclades
- Mid 240s: Engagement or brief marriage of crown prince Demetrius to Nicaea, daughter of the deceased Alexander of Corinth; her dowry is Corinth, which again becomes part of Macedonia
- 243: Aratus, leader of the Achaean League, supported by Ptolemy III Euergetes, captures Corinth
- Antigonus makes his son Demetrius co-ruler
- 239: Death
Succeeded by: Demetrius II