Cassandros

Japanese: Kassandros

...After the death of the great king, a conflict arose among the generals over whether to unify the empire or to control their own territories. The conflict, which began in 321 BC when the imperial vizier Perdiccas tried to unify the empire, claimed the lives of many power-seekers, including the great king's relatives, and ended in the victory of the allied forces of Ptolemy I, Lysimachus, Seleucus I, and Cassandros, who were based in Egypt, Thrace, Babylonia, and Macedonia, respectively, over Antigonus I and his son Demetrius I, who had conquered the Aegean Sea and proclaimed themselves kings (301 BC). However, Demetrius became king of Macedonia after the death of Cassander, but was pursued by Lysimachus in 287 BC. ...

From Macedonia

…After his death, Philip III's wife Eurydike and the young Alexander IV's grandmother (i.e. the Great's mother) Olympias led an army in battle, and Olympias killed Philip III and his wife (316 BC). However, she was killed by Antipater's son Cassandros, who sought to rule Macedonia, and Cassandros also killed Alexander IV and his mother, and the male line of the Argeadae became extinct. Cassandros, who was married to Philip II's daughter Thessalonike, came to claim the title of King of Macedonia (304 BC). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kassandros" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…大王の死後将軍たちの間に，帝国の統一支配を目ざすか，自己の領域支配を目ざすかの対立が生まれた。帝国宰相ペルディッカスの統一支配強行に対する反発(前321)にはじまる抗争は，大王の近親をふくむ多くの権力志向者の命を失わせ，結局エーゲ海を制圧し王を称したアンティゴノス1世，デメトリオス1世父子に対する，エジプト，トラキア，バビロニア，マケドニアをそれぞれ基盤とするプトレマイオス1世，リュシマコス，セレウコス1世，カッサンドロスKassandros連合軍の勝利となって終わる(前301)。しかしデメトリオスはカッサンドロスの死後マケドニア王となるが，前287年リュシマコスに追われる。…

【マケドニア】より

…彼の死後フィリッポス3世の妻エウリュディケEurydikēと幼いアレクサンドロス4世の祖母(すなわち大王の母)オリュンピアスが軍を率いて戦い，オリュンピアスはフィリッポス3世夫妻を殺害する(前316)。しかし彼女はアンティパトロスの子でマケドニア支配を狙うカッサンドロスKassandrosに殺され，カッサンドロスはさらにアレクサンドロス4世とその母をも殺し，アルゲアダイの男系は絶えた。そしてフィリッポス2世の娘テッサロニケTessalonikēと結婚していたカッサンドロスはマケドニア王と称するに至った(前304)。…

※「Kassandros」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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