{"slug": "antigonus-ii-gonatas", "label": "Antigonus II Gonatas", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241386", "qid": "Q241386", "description": "king of Macedonia", "entries": 30, "years": 29, "span": [-318, -238], "span_label": ["319 BCE", "239 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 20}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 16}, {"slug": "ancient-corinth", "label": "Ancient Corinth", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "demetrius-poliorcetes", "label": "Demetrius Poliorcetes", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "ptolemy-ii-philadelphus", "label": "Ptolemy II Philadelphus", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "pyrrhus-of-epirus", "label": "Pyrrhus of Epirus", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "antiochus-ii-theos", "label": "Antiochus II Theos", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "thessaly", "label": "Thessaly", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "macedonia-ancient-kingdom", "label": "Macedonia (ancient kingdom)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": -318, "year_label": "319 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus II Gonatas, Macedonian king (approximate date) (d. 239 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1222246653#Births", "title": "319 BC", "revid": 1222246653, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -291, "year_label": "292 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "While Demetrius Poliorcetes is campaigning in Boeotia, he receives news that Lysimachus, the ruler of Thrace, has been taken prisoner by Dromichaetes. Hoping to seize Lysimachus's territories in Thrace, Demetrius delegates command of his forces in Boeotia to his son, Antigonus and immediately marches north. However, while he is away, the Boeotians rise in rebellion, but are defeated by Antigonus, who bottles them up in the city of Thebes and puts them under siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367905067#Greece", "title": "292 BC", "revid": 1367905067, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -290, "year_label": "291 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius Poliorcetes joins his son, Antigonus, in the siege of Thebes. As the Thebans defend their city stubbornly, Demetrius forces his men to attack the city at great cost. Demetrius finally takes the city after using siege engines to demolish its walls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1115795236#Greece", "title": "291 BC", "revid": 1115795236, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -286, "year_label": "287 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Macedonians resent the extravagance and arrogance of Demetrius Poliorcetes and are not prepared to fight a difficult campaign for him. When Pyrrhus of Epirus takes the Macedonian city of Verroia, Demetrius' army promptly deserts and goes over to Pyrrhus' side as he is much admired by the Macedonians for his bravery. At this change of fortune, Phila, the mother of Antigonus, kills herself with poison.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370523789#Greece", "title": "287 BC", "revid": 1370523789, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -285, "year_label": "286 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "As Demetrius Poliorcetes and his army are chased across Asia Minor to the Taurus Mountains by the armies of Lysimachus and Seleucus, in Greece his son Antigonus meets with success. Ptolemy's fleet is driven off and Athens surrenders to Antigonus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1156902149#Greece", "title": "286 BC", "revid": 1156902149, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -282, "year_label": "283 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Following Demetrius Poliorcetes' death in captivity as a prisoner of Seleucus, his son Antigonus assumes the title of King of Macedonia, though in name only, as King Lysimachus of Thrace is in control of Macedonia. Demetrius' remains are given to Antigonus and he is honoured with a grand funeral in Corinth. After this, Demetrius is interred in the town of Demetrias which he had founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173238#Greece", "title": "283 BC", "revid": 1354173238, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -280, "year_label": "281 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Although he has only a few bases in Greece, Antigonus II Gonatas lays claim to Macedonia. His claim is disputed by Antiochus I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366700718#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "281 BC", "revid": 1366700718, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -277, "year_label": "278 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus concludes a peace with Antiochus who surrenders his claim to Macedonia. Thereafter Antigonus II's foreign policy is marked by friendship with the Seleucids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129454#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "278 BC", "revid": 1350129454, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -276, "year_label": "277 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus crosses the Hellespont and defeats the Celts under the command of Cerethrius at the Battle of Lysimachia near Lysimachia at the neck of the Thracian Chersonese. After this success, he is acknowledged by the Macedonians as their king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256058749#Greece", "title": "277 BC", "revid": 1256058749, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -275, "year_label": "276 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus II Gonatas consolidated his control over Macedon and Thessaly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1256257267#Greece", "title": "276 BC", "revid": 1256257267, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -274, "year_label": "275 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Antiochus's alliance with Antigonus II, now fully in possession of Macedonia, is cemented by Antigonus's marriage to Phila, Antiochus's half sister.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1164823364#Greece", "title": "275 BC", "revid": 1164823364, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -273, "year_label": "274 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pyrrhus returns from Italy and Sicily and invades Macedonia defeating Antigonus II Gonatas at the Battle of the Aous and conquering Upper Macedonia and Thessaly while Antigonus holds onto the coastal Macedonian towns. Antigonus' troops desert him and Pyrrhus is declared King of Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367769282#Greece", "title": "274 BC", "revid": 1367769282, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -271, "year_label": "272 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Following his death in Argos, Pyrrhus is succeeded as king of Epirus by his son Alexander II while Antigonus II Gonatas regains his Macedonian throne which he has lost to Pyrrhus two years earlier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172942#Greece", "title": "272 BC", "revid": 1354172942, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -270, "year_label": "271 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "With the restoration of the territories captured by Pyrrhus, and with grateful allies in Sparta and Argos, and garrisons in Corinth and other Greek key cities, Antigonus II securely controls Macedonia and the other states of Greece. Antigonus becomes the chief of the Thessalian League and is on good terms with neighbouring Illyria and Thrace. He secures his position in central and south Greece by keeping Macedonian occupation forces in the cities of Corinth, Chalcis on the island of Euboea, and Demetrias in Thessaly, the three \"shackles\" of Hellas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370482485#Greece", "title": "271 BC", "revid": 1370482485, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -266, "year_label": "267 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Macedonia's King Antigonus II Gonatas has to deal with a rebellion by an Athenian-led coalition of Spartans (led by King Areus I of Sparta), Athenians (led by Chremonides), Arcadians and Achaeans that tries to expel the Macedonian forces located in southern Greece. The rebellion has the support of Ptolemy II of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370481835#Greece", "title": "267 BC", "revid": 1370481835, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -264, "year_label": "265 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Although the Egyptian fleet blockades the Saronic Gulf, the Macedonian King Antigonus II defeats the Spartans and kills the king of Sparta, Areus I near Corinth, after which he besieges Athens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172727#Greece", "title": "265 BC", "revid": 1354172727, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -262, "year_label": "263 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Alexander II of Epirus attacks and conquers the greater part of Macedonia. However, he is then driven out of both Macedonia and Epirus by Demetrius II, the son of King Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325948852#Greece", "title": "263 BC", "revid": 1325948852, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -261, "year_label": "262 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "After Athens surrenders in the Chremonidean War following a long siege by Macedonian forces, Antigonus II Gonatas re-garrisons Athens and forbids the city from making war. Otherwise, he leaves Athens alone as the seat of philosophy and learning in Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325948866#Greece", "title": "262 BC", "revid": 1325948866, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -260, "year_label": "261 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The new Seleucid king Antiochus II reaches an agreement with the king of Macedonia, Antigonus II Gonatas, to work together in trying to push Ptolemy II's fleet and armies out of the Aegean Sea. With Macedonia's support, Antiochus II launches an attack on Ptolemaic outposts in Asia Minor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278727971#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "261 BC", "revid": 1278727971, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -258, "year_label": "259 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Seleucid king Antiochus II starts the Second Syrian War against Ptolemy II Philadelphus to avenge his father's losses. Antiochus II finds a willing ally in Antigonus II Gonatas, the king of Macedonia, who has been dealing with Ptolemy II's attempts to destabilize Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1073120545#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "259 BC", "revid": 1073120545, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -257, "year_label": "258 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The forces of the Macedonian King Antigonus II and the Seleucid King Antiochus II win a naval victory at Cos against their common enemy, Ptolemy II. This victory secures Antigonus control over the Aegean Sea and the League of the Islanders. It also diminishes Ptolemaic naval power.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1128147349#Greece", "title": "258 BC", "revid": 1128147349, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -252, "year_label": "253 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Alexander, Antigonus II's nephew and regent, leads a revolt in Corinth with Ptolemy II's help and declares himself an independent monarch. As a result, Antigonus loses Corinth and Chalcis, the two bases from which he has dominated southern Greece. As the Aetolians occupy Thermopylae, Antigonus II is cut off from Athens and the Peloponnese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172725#Greece", "title": "253 BC", "revid": 1354172725, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -250, "year_label": "251 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Paseas, the tyrant of the Greek city-state of Sicyon, is assassinated by Nicocles, with the acquiescence of the Macedonian king Antigonus II. Nicocles reigns as tyrant of Sicyon for only four months, during which period he drives into exile eighty of the city's citizens. Then the citadel of Sicyon is surprised in the night by a party of Sicyonian exiles, headed by a young nobleman, Aratus. The palace of the tyrant is set on fire, but Nicocles escapes from the city through a subterranean passage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1125838602#Greece", "title": "251 BC", "revid": 1125838602, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -249, "year_label": "250 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Following the death of the King of Cyrene, Magas, Queen Apama II, Magas' widow, and Antigonus II arrange the marriage of Antigonus' half-brother Demetrius the Fair to Berenice of Cyrene, daughter of Magas and Apama. However, when Demetrius the Fair arrives, Apama becomes his lover. In response, Berenice leads an uprising in which Demetrius is killed in Apama's bedroom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278897656#Egypt", "title": "250 BC", "revid": 1278897656, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -245, "year_label": "246 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy III wins major victories over Seleucus II in Syria and Anatolia and briefly occupies Antioch. These victories are marred by the loss of the Cyclades to Antigonus II Gonatas in the Battle of Andros.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358219611#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "246 BC", "revid": 1358219611, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -244, "year_label": "245 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "After the death of his nephew, Alexander of Corinth, Antigonus II gives Nicaea, Alexander's widow, to his son Demetrius in marriage. Through this action, Antigonus II regains Corinth which has been independent while under the rule of Alexander of Corinth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172724#Greece", "title": "245 BC", "revid": 1354172724, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -243, "year_label": "244 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "By defeating the Egyptian fleet at Andros, Antigonus II is able to maintain his control over the Aegean Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370482239#Greece", "title": "244 BC", "revid": 1370482239, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -242, "year_label": "243 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Without a declaration of hostilities, Greek statesman, Aratus of Sicyon, who has gradually built up the Achaean League into a major power in Greece, makes a surprise attack on Corinth and forces the withdrawal of the Macedonian occupation troops. Megara, Troezen, and Epidaurus also desert the Macedonian King Antigonus II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172722#Greece", "title": "243 BC", "revid": 1354172722, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -238, "year_label": "239 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus II Gonatas, king of Macedon from 277 BC who has rebuilt his kingdom's power and established its hegemony over Greece (b. c. 319 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1212004865#Deaths", "title": "239 BC", "revid": 1212004865, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -238, "year_label": "239 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Antigonus II, King of Macedonia, dies and is succeeded by his son, Demetrius II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1212004865#Greece", "title": "239 BC", "revid": 1212004865, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}]}