Antigonus The One-Eyed: Greatest of the Succesors. Jeff Champion, Pen and Sword, 2014. ISBN 978 1 78303 042 2 The ďeautLJ of ChaŵpioŶs ďiogƌaphLJ of AŶtigoŶus MoŶophthalŵus ;the One-ELJedͿ lies iŶ the breadth of is its coverage. Antigonus, coeval with Philip II, was born in the late 380s and famously died, tilting at empire, at the battle of Ipsus in 301. For the first two thirds of life of this ambitious aŶd ƌuthless DiadoĐh ;“uĐĐessoƌͿ, we have little source material outside of side references in the Alexander sources. It is only after the death of Alexander the Great that Antigonus, as a major player in the wars that followed, takes centre stage in the source material that has come down to us. Thus Champions narrative, of necessitLJ, ďeĐoŵes a potted histoƌLJ of the eaƌlLJ HelleŶistiĐ peƌiod and it is here that the book shines. The general reader, looking for an overview of the period immediately folloǁiŶg AledžaŶdeƌs death, Đould do faƌ ǁoƌse thaŶ ƌead this ďook – no matter its focus on Antigonus. The book is of 235 pages (excluding preface and maps) and is divided into twenty-two chapters ďegiŶŶiŶg ǁith The MaĐedoŶiaŶ HoŵelaŶd aŶd fiŶishiŶg off ǁith a CoŶĐlusioŶ aŶd Epilogue. Along the way twenty chapters provide a chronologiĐal Ŷaƌƌatiǀe of AŶtigoŶus Đaƌeeƌ. Each deal with the episodes of that career including, for example, his rise post Alexander; the battles with the PeƌdiĐĐaŶs; his ĐaŵpaigŶs agaiŶst EuŵeŶes; the Thiƌd “uĐĐessoƌ Waƌ aŶd the PeaĐe of the DLJŶasts of 311. All the major battles are discussed from Orcyni, through Paraetaceni, Gabene, Gaza and, of Đouƌse, the ďƌidge too faƌ of Ipsus. Pleasing is the inclusion of a (necessarily short) chapter on the campaign against Seleucus in Babylonia. Whilst difficult to reconstruct due to the fact it is unknown to the Greco-Macedonian sources, Champion makes an engaging narrative of scant cuneiform ƌefeƌeŶĐes. IŶdeed, eŶgagiŶg Ŷaƌƌatiǀe ĐaŶ ďe applied to the ǁoƌk as a ǁhole as ChaŵpioŶs pƌose is concise and interesting and the author makes a good fist of juggling the plethora of Greco- Macedonian personalities and the many concurrent events that can often confuse a casual reader. Foƌ a ǁoƌk pitĐhed toǁaƌd a ŵoƌe geŶeƌal audieŶĐe, the Ŷotes, at ďooks eŶd foƌ eaĐh chapter, are quite fulsome. Five appendices are also included: The Chronology of the Successors; The Literary Sources (see below); Antigonus and the Argeads; The cost of war; Antigonus and the Freedom of The Greeks. These subjects are rightly considered outside of the main narrative. As one with more than a passing interest in the subject, it is pleasiŶg to see that ChaŵpioŶ has adopted the ŵidžed oƌ eĐleĐtiĐ ĐhƌoŶologLJ ŵost fullLJ expounded by Tom Boiy and recently added to by Alexander Meeus. AŶtigoŶus aŶd the Aƌgeads edžaŵiŶes the ƌelatioŶship of the AŶtigoŶids ǁith theiƌ Aƌgead predecessors. Here Champion wonders at the Antigonid claims of Argead ancestry (Philip V; Perseus) settiŶg aside EdsoŶs aƌguŵeŶts ƌelLJiŶg oŶ eǀideŶĐe fƌoŵ the ƌeigŶ of Antigonus Gonatas. Champion seems unaware of the Antigonid progonoi ŵoŶuŵeŶt oŶ Delos. This ǁas aŶ aŶĐestoƌ gƌoup of statues, iŶĐludiŶg a PeƌdiĐĐas, numbering twenty and erected by an Antigonid king – near universally agreed to be Gonatas. These cleaƌlLJ iŶĐluded Aƌgead pƌedeĐessoƌs ;Billoǁs, KiŶgs aŶd ColoŶists, BeƌkleLJ, ϭϵϵ4, p 42 – esp. n 49). Blood is thinner than propaganda. The Fƌeedoŵ of the Gƌeeks is a subject Đlose to this ƌeǀieǁeƌs heaƌt aŶd spaĐe does Ŷot peƌŵit anything other than noting that Champion covers this sop of ancient Greek politics well – even ŶotiŶg the hide of FlaŵiŶiŶus use of the slogan. The Cost of Waƌ, ǁhile ǁoƌkiŶg ǁith uŶĐeƌtaiŶ