Alexander II of Epirus

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Alexander II
King of Epirus
Reign	272 BC - ?
Died	242 BC
Predecessor	Pyrrhus of Epirus
Successor	?
Father	Pyrrhus of Epirus

Alexander II, king of Epirus, succeeded his father Pyrrhus in 272 BC.

1 Reign
2 Relations with India
3 References
4 Notes

[edit] Reign

Alexander attacked Antigonus Gonatas and conquered the greater part of Macedonia, but was in turn driven out of both Epirus and Macedonia by Demetrius, the son of Antigonus. He subsequently recovered his kingdom by the aid of the Acarnanians and Aetolians. He died about 242 BC^[1].

[edit] Relations with India

Alexander is apparently mentioned in the Edicts of Ashoka, as one of the recipients of the Indian Emperor Ashoka's Buddhist proselytism, although no Western historical record of this event remain^[2].

[edit] References

Connop Thirlwall, History of Greece, vol. viii
Johann Gustav Droysen, Hellenismus
Benediktus Niese, Geschichte der griechischen und makedonischen Staaten
Karl Julius Beloch, Griechische Geschichte vol. iii.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] Notes

^ Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas - 1908 - page 90," Died about 242 BC"
^ "The conquest by Dharma has been won here, on the borders, and even six hundred yojanas (5,400-9,600 km) away, where the Greek king Antiochos rules, beyond there where the four kings named Ptolemy, Antigonos, Magas and Alexander rule, likewise in the south among the Cholas, the Pandyas, and as far as Tamraparni (Sri Lanka)." (Edicts of Ashoka, 13th Rock Edict, S. Dhammika).