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.
Cassander was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and de facto ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death.
Antipater
…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 son Cassander eventually ruled Macedonia as a king in his own right. Probably active during the reign of Perdiccas III of Macedon, most of Antipater's political…
Bronze coin of Cassander. The reverse depicts a lion and an inscription in Ancient Greek reading "ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ", [of] King Cassander.
"Cassander and Olympias", painting by Jean-Joseph Taillasson
Coin of Cassander minted after 310 BC, displaying Herakles wearing the lion pelt cloak. Reverse with the Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Basileōs Kassandrou, "of King Cassander".