Alexander II, king of Epirus, succeeded his father Pyrrhus in 272 BC. He attacked Antigonus Gonatas and conquered the greater part of Macedonia, but was in turn driven out of both Epirus and Macedonia by Demetrius, the son of Antigonus. He subsequently recovered his kingdom by the aid of the Acarnanians and Aetolians. He died about 260 BC.
See Thirlwall, History of Greece, vol. viii.; Droysen, Hellenismus; B. Niese, Geschichte der griechischen und makedonischen Staaten; J. Beloch, Griech. Gesch. vol. iii.
The Pindus Mountains separate Epirus from the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thessaly to the east.
Epirus itself remained culturally backward during this time, but Mycenean remains have been found at two religious shrines of great antiquity in the region: the Oracle of the Dead on the Acheron River, familiar to the heroes of Homer's Odyssey, and the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona, to whom Achilles prayed in the Iliad.
The greatest Molossian king of this coalition was Pyrrhus (319-272); he and his son AlexanderII ruled as far south as Acarnania and to central Albania in the north.
AlexanderII of Macedon was King of Macedon from 370 to 368 B.C. AlexanderII of Epirus was the King of Epirus in 272 B.C. Pope AlexanderII was Pope from 1061 to 1073.
AlexanderII of Scotland (1198–1249) was the King of Scotland.
AlexanderII of Russia (1818–1881) was the Emperor of Russia.
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