Antigonus II Gonatas: A Political Biography

Craige Champion
"Written in a concise and straightforward style, it provides a good overview of one of the most intriguing of the Macedonian monarchs. Janice W. Gabbert has done us a great service in providing an accessible and well-written biography of one of the most important, and overlooked, figures in Hellenistic history."

Erich S.Gruen, Scripta Classica Israelica
"The work is well-researched, sen sible, and intelligent. Historians of the Hellenistic world will consult it with profit."

Book Description
Blunt, honest and tenacious, Antigonus II Gonatas assumed the title King of Macedonia in 283 BC and reigned for more than forty years. Pragmatic and occasionally ruthless, he was a well-educated man with a keen interest in philosophy. He gathered about him poets, philosophers and historians; his long reign, despite vicissitudes, re-established Macedonia as a nation. Janice J. Gabbert portrays the eventful life of this enigmatic king in a lively and engaging manner. Her aim is to trace the political career of a man about whose life almost no official records survive. Taking into account the most recent epigraphical evidence, the author brings to life a fascinating political figure.This is the first study entirely devoted to Antigonus for over eighty years.

About the Author
Janice J. Gabbert is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics at Wright State University.


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Takes up the challenge of tracing the political career of someone about whom almost no official records remain, who named himself King of Macedonia in 285 BC, actually became ruler in 276, reigned for more than 40 years, and re-established Macedonia as a nation. Drawing on recent epigraphical evidence, portrays him as blunt, honest, and tenacious, but also well-educated and interested in philosophy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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