Ruler · 355 – 296 BCE

Cassander

Lived 355 – 296 BCE. King of Macedonia (Macedonia), 305 BCE – 297 BCE.

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Lived: 355 BCE – 296 BCE; 59 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Macedonia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Macedonia

Macedonia · the 9th of 25 dated reigns · 393 BCE – 168 BCE

5 before

Alexander the Great336 BCE – 323 BCE

Philip III of Macedon323 BCE – 317 BCE

Alexander IV of Macedon322 BCE – 309 BCE

Cassander305 BCE – 297 BCE

Philip IV of Macedon297 BCE

Alexander V of Macedon297 BCE – 294 BCE

Antipater I of Macedon297 BCE – 294 BCE

13 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 305 BCE – 297 BCE · 8 years · came to it aged 50

Came to it: seized power
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 297 BCE; they died in 296 BCE

Cassander later seized power by having Alexander's son and heir Alexander IV murdered.

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