Pausanias of Macedon

King of Macedonia from 394/3 to 393/2 BC

Pausanias

Silver stater of Pausanias

King of Macedonia
Reign| August/September 394/3 – 393/2 BC[1]
Predecessor| Amyntas II
Successor| Amyntas III

Born| ?
Died| 393/2 BC
Dynasty| Argead
Father| Aeropus II
Mother| unknown
Religion| Ancient Greek religion

Pausanias (Ancient Greek: Παυσανίας Pausanías)[a] was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon for around a year, from 394/3 to 393/2. He was the son of Aeropus II and an unknown mother, but he did not succeed his father when Aeropus died in July or August 394/3 BC.[3] Instead, Amyntas II ruled Macedonia for several months before being assassinated in August or September 394/3 by the Elimieotan Derdas.[3] According to Diodorus, Pausanias himself was assassinated sometime in 393/2 by Amyntas III, who then succeeded him as King of Macedonia.[4] However, Diodorus also entirely omits the reign of Amyntas II who all other ancient sources and modern scholars agree ruled before Pausanias.[5][6]

There is a minority view among scholars that Aeropus II was a Lyncestian prince, rather than an Argead, who married into the dynasty, therefore enabling him later to become regent for Orestes.[7] Of course, this implies that Pausanias was not an Argead as well. However, the majority of historians believe Aeropus to be Perdiccas II's son and thus a member of the dynasty.[6][8][9][10]

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### Notes

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1. ^ He likely would have been called Παυσανίας Ἀέροπου or Παυσανίας ὁ Μακεδών, but Diodorous refers to him as "Pausanias the king of the Macedonians" in Bibliotheca historica[2]

### Citations

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1. ^ March, Duane (1995). "The Kings of Makedon: 399-369 B.C". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte: 280.
2. ^ Diodorus Siculus. "Library". Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 4–8. Translated by Oldfather, C.H. Harvard University Press,14.89.2
3. ^ a b Borza, Eugene (1990). In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 178. ISBN 0-691-05549-1
4. ^ Diodorus, "Library", 14.89.2.
5. ^ March 1995, p. 275.
6. ^ a b Roisman, Joseph (2010). "Classical Macedonia to Perdiccas III". In Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (eds.). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 158.
7. ^ Fox, Robin Lane (2011). "399–369 BC". In Fox, Robin Lane (ed.). Brill’s Companion to Ancient Macedon: Studies in the Archaeology and History of Macedon, 650 BC–300 AD. Boston: Brill. pp. 217–218.
8. ^ Borza 1990, p. 28.
9. ^ Carney, Elizabeth (2000). Women and Monarchy in Macedonia. University of Oklahoma Press, p.250. ISBN 0-8061-3212-4
10. ^ Hammond, N.G.L. (1979). A History of Macedonia Volume II: 550-336 B.C. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 170.

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Pausanias

Argead dynasty

Born:  ? Died: 393/2 BC

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Preceded by

Amyntas II

|  King of Macedon
August/September 394/3 – 393/2 BC  | Succeeded by

Amyntas III

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* Perdiccas I
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* Alcetas
* Amyntas I
* Alexander I
* Perdiccas II
* Archelaus
* Orestes
* Aeropus II
* Amyntas II
* Pausanias
* Amyntas III
* Argaeus II
* Alexander II
* Ptolemy of Aloros
* Perdiccas III
* Amyntas IV
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