Antigonus The One-Eyed: Greatest of the Successors

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, his generals fought to control the vast empire he had created. Among the most formidable was Antigonus Monophthalmus—Antigonus the One-Eyed—whose ambitions and military power made him a central figure in the Wars of the Successors.

Jeff Champion follows Antigonus through the shifting alliances, campaigns and dynastic struggles of the early Hellenistic world, with particular attention to the military decisions that shaped his career. The book places his battles within the wider political contest over Alexander’s inheritance, tracing his rise from Macedonian commander to king and his eventual defeat at Ipsus in 301 BCE. It offers a focused account of one of the most powerful, yet often less familiar, figures of the Successor period.