Antipatrea

Antipatrea

Ancient Greek town of Antipatrea.Settlements in the area had existed there since at least the 6th century BC, when it was a fortress-settlement of the Greek Dassaretae or dexari tribe on the old border between Illyria and Epirus. It was captured by the Romans in the 2nd century BC.Livy (31.27.2) describes Antipatreia as a strongly fortified city in a narrow pass that the Romans sacked and burned.The founder of the town may have been Cassander who named it after his father Antipater at 314 BC.

References

• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca chapters xviii, xix, xx
• Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Demetrius", 18, 31; "Phocion", 31
• Franca Landucci Gattinoni: L'arte del potere. Vita e opere di Cassandro di Macedonia. Stuttgart 2003. ISBN 3-515-08381-2
• The Cambridge ancient history,page 92

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