Pausanias of Macedon

Pausanias (Ancient Greek: Παυσανίας Pausanías)^[a] was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon for around a year, from 394/3 to 393/2. He was the son of Aeropus II and an unknown mother, but he did not succeed his father when Aeropus died in July or August 394/3 BC.^[3] Instead, Amyntas II ruled Macedonia for several months before being assassinated in August or September 394/3 by the Elimieotan Derdas.^[3] According to Diodorus, Pausanias himself was assassinated sometime in 393/2 by Amyntas III, who then succeeded him as King of Macedonia.^[4] However, Diodorus also entirely omits the reign of Amyntas II who all other ancient sources and modern scholars agree ruled before Pausanias.^[5][6]

Pausanias
Silver stater of Pausanias
King of Macedonia
Reign	August/September 394/3 – 393/2 BC[1]
Predecessor	Amyntas II
Successor	Amyntas III
Born	?
Died	393/2 BC
Dynasty	Argead
Father	Aeropus II
Mother	unknown
Religion	Ancient Greek religion

There is a minority view among scholars that Aeropus II was a Lyncestian prince, rather than an Argead, who married into the dynasty, therefore enabling him later to become regent for Orestes.^[7] Of course, this implies that Pausanias was not an Argead as well. However, the majority of historians believe Aeropus to be Perdiccas II's son and thus a member of the dynasty.^{[6][8][9][10]}