Sosthenes of Macedonia

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Sosthenes (Greek Σωσθένης; † 277 BC ) was from 279 to 277 BC. A ruler of Macedonia .

During the onslaught of the Celts on northern Greece and Thrace , Sosthenes was one of several Macedonian generals who tried to defend the country. He was so energetic that he was proclaimed the new king after the deposition of Antipater II Etesias by the army. But he refused this dignity because he was not of royal blood and insisted on listing the Macedonians as their strategos . He fought back a Celtic force under the chief Bolgios , shortly afterwards he suffered a defeat against the chief Brennus, which forced him to retreat to the cities. Brennus was then able to plunder through Macedonia as far as Delphi and was only defeated by the united Greeks at the Thermophyls .

278 BC BC Sosthenes fended off an attack by Antigonus II Gonatas . Probably he was 277 BC. He died in a short interlude with a Ptolemy and an Alexander in the reign. But in the same year Antigonus II Gonatas was recognized as king by the Macedonians.

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  1. The two successors were probably identical with Ptolemy the son and Alexander (son of Lysimachos) .
predecessor Office successor
Antipater II King of Macedonia
279–277 BC Chr.
Antigonus II Gonatas