Alexander II of Epirus

Alexander II
King of Epirus
Illustration of silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy I of Egypt, in the name of Alexander the Great (ca. 310-305 BC). Obverse: youthful head, covered with the skin of elephant's head. Reverse: Pallas Athena, holding spear and shield; before her eagle on thunderbolt.
Reign272 - 255 BC[1]
PredecessorPyrrhus I of Epirus
SuccessorPyrrhus II of Epirus
SpouseOlympias II of Epirus
IssuePyrrhus II of Epirus
Ptolemy of Epirus
Phthia of Macedon
HouseAeacidae
FatherPyrrhus I of Epirus
MotherLanassa of Syracuse
ReligionAncient Greek religion

Alexander II (Greek: Άλέξανδρος) was a king of Epirus, and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles.[2]

  1. ^ Sampson, Gareth C. (2020-08-05). Rome & Parthia: Empires at War: Ventidius, Antony and the Second Romano-Parthian War, 40–20 BC. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-5267-1015-4.
  2. ^ Mason, Charles Peter (1867). "Alexander II". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 116.