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Antigonus II Gonatas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (347 words) |
 | 319 BC—239 BC) was a Macedonian king, the son of Demetrius I Poliorcetes, and grandson of Antigonus I Monophthalmus. |
| On the death of his father (283 BC), he assumed the title "king of Macedonia", but did not obtain possession of the throne until 276 BC, after it had been successively in the hands of Pyrrhus, Lysimachus, Seleucus, and Ptolemy Ceraunus. |
| He was again (between 263 BC and 255 BC) driven out of the kingdom by Alexander, the son of Pyrrhus, and again recovered. |
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