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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Demetrius II the Aetolian (c. 276 - 229 BC) was king of Macedonia during the period 239 - 229 BC, a member of the Hellenistic Antigonid Dynasty. His father was Antigonus II Gonatas (son of Antigonus I the Monocular) and his mother was Phila (daughter of Seleucus I of Nicator), therefore he combined the blood of two of the most prominent generals of Alexander the Great: that of Antigonus I of Monothalmos and that of Seleucus I of Nicator. His reign was relatively short and the information we have today about his life is fragmentary. Its most notable elements are the conduct of a long war against the Aetolian and Achaean Commonwealth, the so-called Demetrius War, as well as the turbulent situation it was called upon to deal with in Epirus after the overthrow of the monarchy in the country. Biographical data Youthful feats Demetrius was born around 275 BC. a few months after the restoration of the Antigonides to the Macedonian throne and his father's marriage to Phila, a Sele...