Argead Dynasty

This paper describes the rise and fall of Cleopatra of Macedon, the only full-blood sister of Alexander the Great. Being daughter, wife and sister to kings, she soon became politically involved. This paper shall show how her role should be rated, especially after the death of her brother.

The dearth of accurately datable documents from the time (323–c. 275 BCE) of Alexander the Great’s Successors (also known as the Diadochi or Diadochoi) has contributed to uncertainty regarding the dating of key events from this time.  In attempting to explain these inconsistencies, recent scholarship has focused on various different chronologies, some of which are described as “high” and “low.”  It would seem that particular importance would be assigned to the date of the end of the reign of Alexander IV, Alexander the Great’s lone legitimate heir.  However, little scholarly attention has been paid to the possible date of this very important transition that marked the end of the Macedonian Argead Dynasty.  The current article attempts a thorough investigation of this event by examining remaining historical accounts and surviving contemporary government documents along with epigraphical evidence and archaeological discoveries.  This information is then utilized in an attempt to arrive at a more precise date for the end of Alexander IV’s reign and the end of the satrapies ruling in his name

This is the first part of Chapter 1 of my Honours thesis (1980). It begins with a brief discussion of basic military principles and of relevant tactical unit types. A much more detailed discussion of the function of Light Infantry, including a discussion of the types used by Alexander III follows. With respect to the army of Alexander the Great, special reference is made to the Agrianians and Cretan Archers.

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If Alexander Was Great, Why Was He Damned?
Intentionally defaced ancient coins of the damnatio variety are relatively common in the Roman Imperial series but their counterparts in the ancient Greek series are rare. Most of the defaced coins were issued by leaders who were severely disliked, but in a few cases coins of well-regarded rulers are similarly damaged. This paper addresses in particular the defaced coins of Alexander the Great of Macedon.

For the majority of present-day Egyptologists, the history of ancient Egypt ends in 340 BC with the exile/death of the alleged last native pharaoh, Nectanebo II of Dynasty 30. Dynasties 31 (Persian), 32 (Argead), and 33 (Ptolemaic) are not recognized. For a few other Egyptologists, the history of the Two Lands ends with Dynasty 31 in 332 BC, when Alexander the Great became the new pharaoh.
However, here it is argued that Dynasties 32 and 33 should be added to the traditional canon, as was proposed by the father of German Egyptology, Karl Richard Lepsius, in 1858. Manetho’s unfinished work should thus be completed. It will be demonstrated that the Late Period of Ancient Egypt ended in 30 BC, not 340. Modern Egypt started in 1922 AD. Dynasty 33 was among the most powerful and the longest lasting of Ancient Egypt. The founder of Dynasty 33, Ptolemaios I Soter, should even be recognized as one of the true giants of ancient Egypt.