Editing Alexander I of Epirus (section)

==Biography==
[[Neoptolemus I of Epirus|Neoptolemus I]] ruled jointly with his brother [[Arybbas of Epirus|Arybbas]]. When Neoptolemus died in c. 357 BC, his son Alexander was only a child and Arrybas became the sole king.  In c. 350 BC, Alexander was brought to the court of [[Philip II of Macedon]] in order to protect him. In 343/2 in his late 20s, Philip made him king of Epirus, after dethroning his uncle Arybbas.<ref name="Ellis"/>

When Olympias was repudiated by her husband in 337 BC, she went to her brother, and endeavoured to induce him to make war on Philip. Alexander, however, declined the contest, and formed a second alliance with Philip by agreeing to marry the daughter of Philip (Alexander's niece) [[Cleopatra of Macedonia|Cleopatra]]. During the wedding in 336 BC, Philip was assassinated by [[Pausanias of Orestis]].

In 334&nbsp;BC, Alexander I, at the request of the Greek colony of [[Taranto|Taras]] (in [[Magna Graecia]]), crossed over into [[Italy]], to aid them in battle against several [[Ancient Italic peoples|Italic tribes]], including the [[Lucanians]] and [[Bruttii]]. After a victory over the [[Samnium|Samnites]] and Lucanians near [[Paestum]] in 332&nbsp;BC, he made a treaty with the [[Roman Republic|Romans]]. He then took [[Heraclea (Lucania)|Heraclea]] from the Lucanians, [[Terina (ancient city)|Terina]] from the Bruttii, and [[Siponto|Sipontum]] on the Adriatic coast. Through the treachery of some Lucanian exiles, he was compelled to engage under unfavourable circumstances in the [[Battle of Pandosia]] and was killed by a Lucanian. He left a son, [[Neoptolemus II of Epirus|Neoptolemus]], and a daughter, Cadmea.<ref>[[Junianus Justinus|Justin]]. ''Epitome of Pompeius Trogus'', viii.6, ix.6, xii.2</ref><ref>[[Livy]]. ''[[Ab urbe condita (book)|Ab urbe condita]]'', viii.3, 17, 24</ref><ref>[[Aulus Gellius]]. ''Noctes Atticae'', xvii.21</ref>

In a famous passage,<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0026%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D19 Livy 9.19]</ref> [[Livy]] speculates on what would have been the outcome of a military showdown between [[Alexander the Great]] and the [[Roman Republic]]. He reports that as Alexander of Epirus lay mortally wounded on the battlefield at Pandosia he compared his fortunes to those of his famous nephew and said that the latter "waged war against women".