I think that antigonus would go against evernight because she took his sister's body and will. We know that Antigonus has 'humanity' and actively cares for his sister. Evernight using his sister's body for no major reason(just for convenience) will probably anger him pretty bad. I think that he might resort to attacking evernight's anchors or threatening them. i also think he would get supported by adam or klein. because klein needs an attendant of mysteries and well, Adam likes subordinates.
[ i think based on author's words of tackling new things and ideas in different novels, he will make a character driven story in book 3 (klein's pov). because klein has power but not enough time to emotionally mature. he can solve problems(by being the fucking LOTM) that require power but he struggles with morality and his undiscovered issues.]
based on the above conjecture, antigonus's situation could be a perfect playground for exploring Klein, the Pillar who identifies as a human. I think antigonus also feels a little hatred towards Evernight for killing his father. It is going to be interesting to see Antigonus plotting against Evernight.
I'm trying to get the trait into my Seleukid ruler family, how can I do this?
I have 2 unmarried antigonid males.
From what I've seen of the Diodachi, when their first ruler dies, they lose all claims to Alexander's Empire. Does this happen when Demetrius succeeds Antigonus? I would hope not, as Antigonus is already in his 80's at the beginning of the game, so it would be basically impossible to reunite the Empire as as him.
Diodorusβ Siculusβ main source for the Library of History was undoubtedly Hieronymus of Cardia. To my understanding, Antigonus captured Hieronymus when Eumenes was holed up in Nora. They became friends afterwards (so maybe Hieronymusβ view of Antigonus may have been a bit biased), but are there any sources for a relationship between these two prior to Nora?
In 304 BC at the game start, the Fourth War of the Diadochi (successor kings of Alexander the Great) has lasted for four years. Antigonus, former satrap of Phrygia, is surrounded by enemies on all sides. Lysimachus of Thrace, Cassander of Macedon, Ptolemy of Egypt and Seleukos of Babylon and Persia all oppose him. Yet it was not a defensive war, for Antigonus One-Eyed and his son Demetrius the Besieger were on the offensive. In 307 Demetrius had secured Athens from Cassander and Cyprus from Ptolemy, in 306 Antigonus attempted to invade Egypt but failed only because storms cut off his maritime supply route. In 305 Demetrius besieged Rhodes and forced them to support his father, then returned to Greece and formed a Hellenic League to oppose Cassander.
Cassander sued for peace, and it seemed like Antigonids would dominate much of eastern mediterranean, including most of Greece. But Antigonus refused to negotiate and continued the war, which ultimately proved to be his downfall.
Demetrius invaded Thessaly, and Cassander called for aid. Ptolemy of Egypt and Lysimachus of Thrace joined the war, and the latter invaded Anatolia, forcing Demetrius to return home to support his father. This is the situation at game start. In a few years, things would get even worse for Antigonus and his son.
In 301 BC they had isolated Lysimachus near Ipsus, a village in Phrygia. But Seleukos returned from the east after spending several years there securing his control of Persia, and came to rescue Lysimachus from his old foe Antigonus. The Battle of Ipsus began, where around 150,000 soldiers fought. In the end, Antigonus was slain and Demetrius fled to Greece. Cassander, Seleukos and Lysimachus stood victorious and carved up Anatolia.
So at game start, the player who has chosen to play as Phrygia is faced with a tough challenge, yet they have the opportunity to change the course of history and save the Antigonid dynasty from ruin. If Imperator: Rome will be accurate to history, then Phrygia should be an interesting nation to play as.
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[The following takes place in 221 BCE.]
>As it was, Antigonus marched to Tegea and likewise restored the ancient constitution there, and two days later arrived in Argos at the moment when the Nemean Games were being celebrated. There he was awarded every kind of honour and distinction [for his victory in the Cleomenean War] to immortalize his memory, both by the Achaean League and by the individual states, after which he hurried back to Macedonia where he found the Illyrians.
>He compelled them to fight a pitched battle and won a victory, but while he was shouting to encourage his troops in the fighting, he exerted himself so violently that he took to vomiting blood, fell into the morbid condition of which this is a symptom, and died soon afterwards,
Source:
Polybius, et al. βEvents in Greece.β The Rise of the Roman Empire. Penguin, 2003. 176. Print.
Further Reading:
Antigonus III Doson (Greek: αΌΞ½ΟΞ―Ξ³ΞΏΞ½ΞΏΟ ΞΞ ΞΟΟΟΞ½)
>Antigonus was earnest to have him in his service, and offered him very advantageous conditions, both as to command and pay. But Philopoemen, who knew that his nature brooked not to be under another, would not accept them; yet not enduring to live idle, and hearing of wars in Crete for practiceβ sake he passed over thither. He spent some time among those very warlike, and, at the same time, sober and temperate men, improving much by experience in all sorts of service; and then returned with so much fame that the Achaeans presently chose him commander of the horse.
Source:
Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Philopoemen." Plutarch's Lives. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 487. Print.
Further Reading:
αΌΞ½ΟΞ―Ξ³ΞΏΞ½ΞΏΟ ΞΞ ΞΟΟΟΞ½ (Antigonus III Doson)
ΦιλοΟΞΏΞ―ΞΌΞ·Ξ½ (Philopoemen)
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[The following takes place during the Battle of Sellasia, during the Cleomenean War of 229/228-222 BCE. Context of the battle, courtesy of Wikipedia: βThe Battle of Sellasia took place during the summer of 222 BC between Macedon and the Achaean League, led by Antigonus III Doson, and Sparta under the command of King Cleomenes III. The battle was fought at Sellasia on the northern frontier of Laconia and ended in a Macedonian-Achaean victory.β]
>When the moment for the assault arrived, the Illyrians were given their signal, the officers passed the word to the men to do their duty, and all the Illyrians at once sprang into view of the enemy and launched their attack on the hill. At this point the light-armed mercenaries who had been stationed in the valley to support the Spartan cavalry noticed that the Achaean units were not covered by any troops behind them, and so they launched a charge from the rear.
>This move threatened the whole of Antigonusβ right wing, which was pressing the attack up the hill of Evas, since they were facing Eucleidasβ troops above them and were being strongly attacked by the mercenaries from behind and below. At this critical moment Philopoemen of Megalopolis saw what was happening, and at the same time what was likely to happen.
>At first he tried to point out the danger to the senior commanders, but as he was still quite a young man, and had never before held a command, nobody took any notice of him. Finally he called upon his fellow-citizens to rally round him and boldly charged the Spartan cavalry. His action quickly created a diversion. The mercenaries, who had been harassing the rear of the troops advancing up Evas, heard the commotion and, seeing that their own cavalry were engaged, broke off their action and ran back to their original positions to support the cavalry. Meanwhile the Illyrians and Macedonians and the rest of the assault force found themselves freed from the threat to their rear, and hurled themselves with fresh courage upon the enemy.
>And so, as became clear afterwards, it was Philopoemenβs action which was principally responsible for the success of the attack on Eucleidasβ position.
>The story goes that after the battle Antigonus, who was disposed to chaff Alexander, the commander of the cavalry, asked him why he
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