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'''Polyperchon''' ([[394 BC|394]]–[[303 BC]]) was a [[Macedon]]ian general who served under [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]] and [[Alexander the Great]], accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys. After the return to Babylon, Polyperchon was sent back to Macedon with [[Craterus]], but had only reached Cilicia by the time of Alexander's death in [[323 BC]]. Polyperchon and Craterus continued on to Greece, helping [[Antipater]] to defeat the Greek rebellion in the [[Lamian War]]. Polyperchon remained in Macedon and, following the [[First War of the Diadochi]] remained home as [[regent]] of Macedon while Antipater travelled to [[Asia Minor]] to assert his regency over the whole Empire.

Upon Antipater's death in [[319 BC|319]], Polyperchon was appointed regent and supreme commander of the entire empire but soon fell into conflict with Antipater's son [[Cassander]], who was to have been his chief lieutenant. The two fell into civil war, which quickly spread among all the successors of Alexander, with Polyperchon allying with [[Eumenes]] against Cassander, [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] and [[Ptolemy I of Egypt|Ptolemy]].

Although Polyperchon was initially successful in securing control of the Greek cities, whose freedom he proclaimed, his fleet was destroyed by Antigonus in [[318 BC]], and Cassander secured control of [[Athens]] the next year. Shortly thereafter, Polyperchon was driven from Macedon by Cassander, who took control of the weakling king [[Philip III of Macedon|Philip Arrhidaeus]] and his wife [[Eurydice]]. Polyperchon fled to [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]], where he joined Alexander's mother [[Olympias]], widow [[Roxana]], and infant son [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]]. He formed an alliance with Olympias and King [[Aeacides of Epirus]], and Olympias led an army into Macedon. She was initially successful, defeating and capturing the army of King Philip, whom she had murdered, but soon Cassander returned from the Peloponnesus and captured and murdered her in [[316 BC|316]], taking Roxana and the boy king into his custody.

Polyperchon now fled to the [[Peloponnesus]], where he still controlled a few strongpoints, and allied himself with Antigonus, who had by now fallen out with his former allies. Polyperchon soon controlled much of the Peloponnesus, including [[Corinth]] and [[Sicyon]]. Following the peace treaty of [[311 BC|311]] between Antigonus and his enemies, and the murder of the boy-king Alexander and his mother, Polyperchon retained these areas, and when war again broke out between Antigonus and the others, he sent Alexander's natural son [[Heracles, son of Alexander|Heracles]] to Polyperchon as a bargaining chip to use against Cassander. Polyperchon, however, decided to break with Antigonus and murdered the boy in [[309 BC|309]]. He retained control of the Peloponnesus until his death a few years later but played no further role in politics.

== Reference ==
* [[Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green]], ''Alexander to Actium'' (University of California Press, 1990) pp. 17-20

==External links==
*[http://www.livius.org Livius], [http://www.livius.org/pn-po/polyperchon/polyperchon.html Polyperchon] by Jona Lendering

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-'''Polyperchon''' ([[394 BC|394]]–[[303 BC]]) was a [[Macedon]]ian general who served under [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]] and [[Alexander the Great]], accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys.  After the return to Babylon, Polyperchon was sent back to Macedon with [[Craterus]], but had only reached Cilicia by the time of Alexander's death in [[323 BC]].  Polyperchon and Craterus continued on to Greece, helping [[Antipater]] to defeat the Greek rebellion in the [[Lamian War]].  Polyperchon remained in Macedon and, following the [[First War of the Diadochi]] remained home as [[regent]] of Macedon while Antipater travelled to [[Asia Minor]] to assert his regency over the whole Empire.
+'''Polyperchon''' ([[394 BC|394]]–[[303 BC]]) was a [[Macedon]]ian general who served under [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]] and [[Alexander the Great]], accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys.  After the return to Babylon, Polyperchon was sent back to Macedon with [[Craterus]], but had only reached Cilicia by the time of Alexander's death in [[323 BC]].  Polyperchon and Craterus continued on to Greece, helping [[Antipater]] to defeat the Greek rebellion in the [[Lamian War]].  Polyperchon remained in Macedon and, following the [[First War of the Diadochi]] remained home as regent of Macedon while Antipater travelled to [[Asia Minor]] to assert his regency over the whole Empire.
 Upon Antipater's death in [[319 BC|319]], Polyperchon was appointed regent and supreme commander of the entire empire but soon fell into conflict with Antipater's son [[Cassander]], who was to have been his chief lieutenant.  The two fell into civil war, which quickly spread among all the successors of Alexander, with Polyperchon allying with [[Eumenes]] against Cassander, [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] and [[Ptolemy I of Egypt|Ptolemy]].
-Although Polyperchon was initially successful in securing control of the Greek cities, whose freedom he proclaimed, his fleet was destroyed by Antigonus in [[318 BC]], and Cassander secured control of [[Athens]] the next year. Shortly thereafter, Polyperchon was driven from Macedon by Cassander, who took control of the weakling king [[Philip III of Macedon|Philip Arrhidaeus]] and his wife [[Eurydice]].  Polyperchon fled to [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]], where he joined Alexander's mother [[Olympias]], widow [[Roxana]], and infant son [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]].  He formed an alliance with Olympias and King [[Aeacides of Epirus]], and Olympias led an army into Macedon.  She was initially successful, defeating and capturing the army of King Philip, whom she had murdered, but soon Cassander returned from the Peloponnesus and captured and murdered her in [[316 BC|316]], taking Roxana and the boy king into his custody.
+Although Polyperchon was initially successful in securing control of the Greek cities, whose freedom he proclaimed, his fleet was destroyed by Antigonus in [[318 BC]], and Cassander secured control of [[Athens]] the next year. Shortly thereafter, Polyperchon was driven from Macedon by Cassander, who took control of the weakling king [[Philip III of Macedon|Philip Arrhidaeus]] and his wife [[Eurydice]].  Polyperchon fled to [[Epirus]], where he joined Alexander's mother [[Olympias]], widow [[Roxana]], and infant son [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]].  He formed an alliance with Olympias and King [[Aeacides of Epirus]], and Olympias led an army into Macedon.  She was initially successful, defeating and capturing the army of King Philip, whom she had murdered, but soon Cassander returned from the Peloponnesus and captured and murdered her in [[316 BC|316]], taking Roxana and the boy king into his custody.
 Polyperchon now fled to the [[Peloponnesus]], where he still controlled a few strongpoints, and allied himself with Antigonus, who had by now fallen out with his former allies.  Polyperchon soon controlled much of the Peloponnesus, including [[Corinth]] and [[Sicyon]].  Following the peace treaty of [[311 BC|311]] between Antigonus and his enemies, and the murder of the boy-king Alexander and his mother, Polyperchon retained these areas, and when war again broke out between Antigonus and the others, he sent Alexander's natural son [[Heracles, son of Alexander|Heracles]] to Polyperchon as a bargaining chip to use against Cassander.  Polyperchon, however, decided to break with Antigonus and murdered the boy in [[309 BC|309]].  He retained control of the Peloponnesus until his death a few years later but played no further role in politics.
 == Reference ==
-* [[Peter Green (historian)|Peter Green]], ''Alexander to Actium'' (University of California Press, 1990) pp. 17-20
+* Peter Green, ''Alexander to Actium'' (University of California Press, 1990) pp. 17-20
 ==External links==