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1. Antigonus I--the exponent of unity in Græco-Macedonian world, 218.

2. Demetrius Poliorcetes--the adventurer, 219.

3. Antigonus and Demetrius not really kings of Macedon, 220.

V. ANTIGONUS GONATAS 222-234

1. Training got in Greece and Macedon, 222.

2. Peace with Asia and Egypt, 223.

a. Inroad of Pyrrhus, 223.

3. Protected Greece from northern barbarians, 224.

4. Governs Greece by "tyrannies," 224.

5. Stoic justification of "tyranny," 225.

6. Ptolemy Philadelphus opposes Antigonus in Greece, 226.

7. Rise of the ethne, 228.

8. Struggle with Egypt for sea power, 229.

a. Aratus seizes Sicyon: Alexander rebels, 230.

b. The Laodicean War saves Antigonus, 231.

c. Possessions of Antigonus at end of struggle, 233.

VI. POSITION OF ACHÆA, ÆTOLIA, AND EGYPT AT THE END OF STRUGGLE 234

VII. THE FEDERAL MOVEMENT 235-240

1. Ethne become leagues, 236.

2. The city-state the federal unit, 237.

3. The league lacks an hegemon, 238.

4. Monarchical traits, 239.

5. Relation of federal to local authorities, 239.

VIII. DEMETRIUS II 240-241

1. War with Achæans and Ætolians, 241.

IX. FALL OF THE ACHÆAN LEAGUE 241-242

1. Treachery of the Ætolians, 241.

2. Desertion of Egypt, 242.

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