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1 He walked between the two Alexanders, his son and his son-in-law (Justin 9.6.3-4), and so between those who had most reason to wish his death.
2 Justin 9.6.4-8. The Orestis was a district in western Macedonia bordering on Illyria.
3 This battle can hardly be identified, in view of the many wars fought by Philip against the Illyrians. The last one mentioned by Diodorus was in chap. 69.7.
4 This is the usually stated relationship. In Book 17.2.3, Attalus is called Cleopatra's brother, but otherwise, with more probability, her uncle.
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- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), EXE´RCITUS
- Smith's Bio, A'ttalus
- Smith's Bio, Cleopatra
- Smith's Bio, Pausa'nias
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