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Antigonus I
Antigonus I (Antigonus the One-Eyed or Antigonus Cyclops) , 382?-301 BC, general of Alexander the Great and ruler in Asia. He was made (333 BC) governor of Phrygia, and after the death of Alexander he was advanced by the friendship of Antipater , who with Ptolemy I and Craterus, supported Ant... Read more
Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus , c.318-272 BC, Molossian king of Epirus. He fought at Ipsus in Asia Minor in the service of Demetrius Poliorcetes (later Demetrius I ) of Macedon, and by the aid of Ptolemy I he became (297 BC) joint king of Epirus with Neoptolemus. He removed (295) Neoptolemus from the throne, but before ... Read more
Seleucus I
Seleucus I (Seleucus Nicator) , d. 280 BC, king of ancient Syria. An able general of Alexander the Great, he played a leading part in the wars of the Diadochi . In the new partition of the empire in 312 BC he received Babylonia. Conquest of Susiana and Media enlarged his holdings, and he invaded ... Read more
Diadochi
Diadochi [Gr.,=successors], the Macedonian generals and administrators who succeeded Alexander the Great . Alexander's empire, the largest that the world had known to that time, was quickly built. At his death in 323 BC it disintegrated even more quickly. Alexander's more important followers, late... Read more
Ptolemy I
Ptolemy I (Ptolemy Soter) , d. 284 BC, king of ancient Egypt, the first ruler of the Macedonian dynasty (or Lagid dynasty), son of a Macedonian named Lagus. He was one of the leading generals of Alexander the Great, and after Alexander's death (323 BC) he joined the other Diadochi in dividing an... Read more

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Ipsus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Ipsus , small town, ancient Phrygia, Asia Minor. Antigonus I , who had summoned his son Demetrius to his aid, was defeated and slain there by his rivals Seleucus and Lysimachus in 301 BC The battle of Ipsus resulted in the dissolution of Alexander's empire.
Ptolemy I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...defeated the troops of Antigonus in 312 but he was defeated at Salamis in 306, and the ultimate defeat and death of Antigonus at Ipsus in 301 resolved the situation. Ptolemy had already declared himself king in 305. Subsequently he laid the outline for Ptolemaic...
Pyrrhus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pyrrhus , c.318-272 BC, Molossian king of Epirus. He fought at Ipsus in Asia Minor in the service of Demetrius Poliorcetes (later Demetrius I ) of Macedon, and by the aid of Ptolemy I he became...
Antigonus I
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...governor of Phrygia (333 bc) and, in the struggles over the regency, defeated challengers to gain control of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Asia Minor. In 306 bc he defeated his former ally, Ptolemy I, at Salamis. He was killed at Ipsus.
Demetrius I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...fearing the power of Antigonus, allied themselves against him, Antigonus and Demetrius were badly defeated in the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC, and Antigonus was killed. Demetrius later became reconciled with Seleucus I and regained Athens for himself in...
Diadochi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Macedon), attempted to rebuild Alexander's empire. He failed. Antigonus and Demetrius were finally defeated in the battle of Ipsus (301 BC). The Diadochi had been declaring themselves kings, Antigonus first and then the others. The contest was carried...
Seleucus I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...In the following spring he allied once again with the "separatist generals" Ptolemy, Cassander, and Lysimachus, and at Ipsus in a heated battle he defeated and killed Antigonus. As booty, Seleucus obtained Syria. Seleucus thus gained the chief military...
Lysimachus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Cassander , Ptolemy I , and Seleucus I —in the league against Antigonus I , and after the defeat of Antigonus at Ipsus, Lysimachus took W Asia Minor as his share (301 BC). In 286 BC he added Macedonia to his kingdom by defeating Pyrrhus...
Cassander
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...resisted the efforts of Antigonus I to rebuild the empire and was one of the coalition that defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at Ipsus in 301. Secure in his position, he founded the cities of Thessaloníki and Cassandreia (on the site of Potidaea...

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Antigonus I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...sole leadership, declaring himself king (306). His considerable success induced his rivals - Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander, and Lysimachus - to combine, defeat, and kill him at the ‘battle of the kings’ at Ipsus.

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