Antigonos I

Japanese: アンティゴノス[1世]（英語表記）Antigonos I

382 BCE? - 301 BCE
Founder of the Antigonid dynasty of Macedonia. Reigned 306-301 BC. The origin of the title "Monophthalmos" (One-Eyed King) is unknown. Served as the infantry commander of the Corinthian League during Alexander the Great's eastern campaign. Appointed governor of Phrygia in Asia Minor. After Alexander's death, he participated in the reorganization of the empire with Antipater and others, took control of the eastern part of the empire, and, together with his son Demetrius I, extended his influence into Greece. From 315 BC, intermittent wars were fought between them and the allied forces of Cassander (Macedonia), Lysimachus (Thrace), Ptolemy I (Egypt), and Seleucus I (centered in Babylon), who were trying to divide and rule the empire. In 307 BC, they liberated Athens, the center of Greece, which had been under the control of Cassander, and the following year they defeated Ptolemy in a naval battle off the coast of Salamis on the island of Cyprus. With a renewed determination to rebuild the empire, father and son took the title of king.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

前382？‐前301
マケドニア，アンティゴノス朝の祖。在位，前306‐前301年。〈モノフタルモス(独眼王)〉なる称号の由来は不明。アレクサンドロス大王の東征にコリントス同盟歩兵指揮官として出征。小アジアのフリュギア総督に任じられた。大王の死後アンティパトロスなどと帝国再編に参加，帝国東部を掌握，その子デメトリオス1世とともにギリシアにも勢力をのばす。彼らに対し，帝国の分割統治を狙うカッサンドロス(マケドニア)，リュシマコス(トラキア)，プトレマイオス1世(エジプト)，セレウコス1世(バビロン中心)連合軍との間に前315年以降断続的に戦争が行われ，前307年カッサンドロスの勢力下にあったギリシアの中心アテナイを解放し，翌年キプロス島サラミス沖の海戦でプトレマイオスに勝ち，父子は帝国再建の意識を新たにして王号を称した。

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