Aetolia
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Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, corresponding to the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania and part of modern Evrytania. An
Ancient and modern Thermon, Aetolia
Ruins of the ancient Calydon
Antipater
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Antipater was a Macedonian general, regent and statesman under the successive kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. In the wake of the collapse of the Argead house, his s
Coinage of Alexander the Great, Amphipolis mint, struck under Antipater for Philip III Arrhidaeus, circa 322–320 BC.
Bust depicting Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. Antipater was a right hand man to Philip II, often serving as regent when Philip was away on campaign.
Image of a theater in Megalopolis. Alexander' the Great's response to Antipater's victory over Agis III at the Battle of Megalopolis was to proclaim that "while we have been conquering Darius here, there has been a battle of mice in Arcadia".
Demosthenes the Orator was a staunchly anti-Macedonian Athenian statesman. When Antipater won the Lamian War and demanded his surrender, Demosthenes committed suicide.