| There was another son of Antipater, however, named Nicanor, who was then in Macedon. |
| On his accession, his priority was to save Macedon from dismemberment by hostile powers, poised for the kill. |
| He apparently had two sons, Alexander IV of Macedon by Roxana and, possibly, Heracles of Macedon from his mistress Barsine. |
| The rise of Macedon gradually ousted the remnants of Phoenicia's former dominance over the Eastern Mediterranean trade routes. |
| His father Nicomachus was the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon. |
| From about 200 BC the Roman Republic became increasingly involved in Greek affairs and engaged in a series of wars with Macedon. |
