The Macedonian Antigonus I (382-301 BC), having served as a general under Alexander the Great, became the most powerful of his immediate successors. Antigonus was born in Macedon, the son of the minor noble Philip. Nothing is known of his youth; he was...

In the course of research on cuneiform tablets no fewer than three years have been identified with the first year of Antigonus Monophthalmus (317/16, 316/15, and 315/14 B.C.). Thanks to a better knowledge of the astronomical goal-year texts, a better reading of the...