Lysimachus
King of Thrace King of Asia Minor King of Macedon
Lysimachus as horned Alexander. Thrace (Тракия Trakiya or "Trakija" or Trakia, Θράκη Thráki, Trakya is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most
Reign	306–281 BCE
Born	360 BCE
Died	281 BCE

Lysimachus (Greek: Λυσίμαχος, Lysimachos; 360 BCE - 281 BCE) was a Macedonian officer and diadochus (i. Events By place Cyprus Menelaus brother of Egypt's ruler Ptolemy I Soter, is defeated and captured by Demetrius Poliorcetes Events By place Asia Minor The Battle of Corupedium in Lydia is the last battle of the Diadochi, the rival successors Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most The Diadochi (plural of Latin Diadochus, from Greek Διάδοχοι, Diadokhoi, "successors" were the rival successors e. "successor") of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus ("king") in 306 BCE, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' "Basilissa" redirects here For the saint of this name see Julian and Basilissa. Thrace (Тракия Trakiya or "Trakija" or Trakia, Θράκη Thráki, Trakya is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Macedon or Macedonia ( Greek grc Μακεδονία grc-Latn Makedonía) was the name of a kingdom centered in the northern-most

Early career

Son of the Thessalian^[1] Agathocles from Crannon, Lysimachus was born in 360 BCE in Pella, Macedon. Ancient Thessaly Thessaly was home to an extensive Neolithic culture around 2500 BC. Krannonas (Κραννώνας (ancient city Crannon) is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. Events By place Egypt With the help of King Agesilaus II of Sparta, Nectanebo II deposes Teos and becomes Pella (Πέλλα was the Capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedon. During Alexander's Persian campaigns he was one of his immediate bodyguard and distinguished himself in India. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country After Alexander’s death (323 BCE) he was appointed to the government of Thrace and the Chersonese. Events By place Macedonian Empire 10 June — In Babylon, Alexander the Great dies ten days after being taken ill For a long time he was chiefly occupied with fighting against the Odrysian king Seuthes III. The Odrysian kingdom was a union of Thracian tribes that endured between the 5th century BC and the 3rd century BC. Seuthes III was a king of the Odrysian kingdom of Thrace from ca

Diadochi

In 315 BCE he joined Cassander, Ptolemy and Seleucus against Antigonus, who, however, diverted his attention by stirring up Thracian and Scythian tribes against him. Events By place Macedonian Empire Antigonus claims authority over most of Asia seizes the treasury at Susa and enters Babylon Cassander ( Greek: Κάσσανδρος, Kassandros; ca 350 - 297 BC King of Macedon (305 - 297 BC was a son of Antipater For the astronomer see Ptolemy; for others named "Ptolemy" or "Ptolemaeus" see Ptolemy (disambiguation. Seleucus I (surnamed for later generations Nicator, Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, i Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed" (382 BC - 301 BC son of Philip from Elimeia, was a Macedonian nobleman general and Satrap In Classical Antiquity, Scythia ( Greek Skuthia) was the area in Eurasia inhabited by the Scythians, from the 8th In 309 BCE, he founded Lysimachia in a commanding situation on the neck connecting the Chersonese with the mainland. Events By place Asia Minor Ptolemy personally commands a fleet that captures the coastal regions of Lycia and Caria Lysimachia ( Λυσιμάχια or Λυσιμάχεια) was an important hellenistic Greek town on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese He followed the example of Antigonus in taking the title of king. In 302 when the second affiance between Cassander, Ptolemy and Seleucus was made, Lysimachus, reinforced by troops from Cassander, entered Asia Minor, where he met with little resistance. Events By place Asia Minor Following their agreement to work together to defeat Antigonus, Seleucus invades Asia Minor On the approach of Antigonus he retired into winter quarters near Heraclea, marrying its widowed queen Amastris, a Persian princess. Heraclea Pontica ( Greek: Ηράκλεια Ποντική modern day Karadeniz Ereğli, in the Zonguldak Province of Turkey, on the Black Amastris (in Greek Aμαστρις killed 284 BC also called Amastrine, was the daughter of Oxyathres, the brother of the Persian king Seleucus joined him in 301 BCE, and at the battle of Ipsus Antigonus was defeated and slain. Events By Place Asia Minor In The Battle of Ipsus in Phrygia, the armies of Antigonus, the ruler of Syria The Battle of Ipsus was fought between some of the Diadochi (the successors of Alexander the Great) in 301 BC near the village of that name in His dominions were divided among the victors. Lysimachus share was Lydia, Ionia, Phrygia and the north coast of Asia Minor. Defining Lydia Aside from a legend related by Herodotus, who states that the name Lydia came from king Lydus at the time of the fall of Troy Geography Physical Ionia was of small extent not exceeding 90 geographical miles in length from north to south with a breadth varying from 40 to 55 miles but to this In antiquity Phrygia (Φρυγία was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. ^[2]

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Feeling that Seleucus was becoming dangerously great, Lysimachus now allied himself with Ptolemy, marrying his daughter Arsinoe II of Egypt. The Diadochi (plural of Latin Diadochus, from Greek Διάδοχοι, Diadokhoi, "successors" were the rival successors Cassander ( Greek: Κάσσανδρος, Kassandros; ca 350 - 297 BC King of Macedon (305 - 297 BC was a son of Antipater For the astronomer see Ptolemy; for others named "Ptolemy" or "Ptolemaeus" see Ptolemy (disambiguation. Epirus (from Ionic Greek Ήπειρος - Ēpeiros, Doric Greek: Ἅπειρος - Apeiros, in Albanian Carthage (Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Carthago from the Phoenician קרת חדשת phn-Latn Qart-ḥadašt meaning new town) refers Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Colonies in antiquity were City-states founded from a mother- City Arsinoe II (Greek Αρσινόη (316 BC-July 270 BC queen of Thrace and Macedonia and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II Amastris, who had divorced herself from him, returned to Heraclea. When Antigonus’s son Demetrius I of Macedon renewed hostilities (297 BCE), during his absence in Greece, Lysimachus seized his towns in Asia Minor, but in 294 BCE concluded a peace whereby Demetrius was recognized as ruler of Macedonia. Demetrius I (337-283 BC Greek: Δημήτριος) called Poliorcetes (Greek Πολιορκητής) ("The Besieger" son of Events By place Roman Republic Fabius Maximus Rullianus becomes Consul for the fourth time Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Events By place Greece Archidamus IV, king of Sparta, son of Eudamidas I and grandson of Archidamus III He tried to carry his power beyond the Danube, but was defeated and taken prisoner by the Getae king Dromichaetes (Dromihete), who, however, set him free on amicable terms. The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj The Getae ( Greek: Γέται singular Γέτης was the name given by the Greeks to several Thracian tribes that occupied the regions south of the Dromichaetes was ruler of the Getae on both sides of the lower Danube (present day Romania and Bulgaria) around 300 BC. Dromichaetes was ruler of the Getae on both sides of the lower Danube (present day Romania and Bulgaria) around 300 BC. Demetrius subsequently threatened Thrace, but had to retire due to a sudden uprising in Boeotia, and an attack from the king Pyrrhus of Epirus. Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the Pyrrhus (318-272 BC ( Greek: Πύρρος Aιακιδης Pyrros Aiakides was one of the most successful ancient Greek generals of the Hellenistic Epirus (from Ionic Greek Ήπειρος - Ēpeiros, Doric Greek: Ἅπειρος - Apeiros, in Albanian

Coin of Lysimachus. main - title Coin keywords numismatics coin review The Greek inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ reads [coin] of King Lysimachus

In 288 BCE Lysimachus and Pyrrhus in turn invaded Macedonia, and drove Demetrius out of the country. Events By place Greece The Macedonian King Demetrius Poliorcetes, faces a combined attack from Lysimachus and Lysimachus left Pyrrhus in possession of Macedonia with the title of king for around seven months before Lysimachus invaded. For a short while the two ruled jointly but in 285 BCE Lysimachus expelled Pyrrhus. Events By place Egypt June 26 - Egypt's Ptolemy I Soter abdicates ^[3]

Later years

Domestic troubles embittered the last years of Lysimachus’s life. Amastris had been murdered by her two sons; Lysimachus treacherously put them to death. On his return Arsinoe asked the gift of Heraclea, and he granted her request, though he had promised to free the city. In 284 BCE Arsinoe, desirous of gaining the succession for her sons in preference to Agathocles (the eldest son of Lysimachus), intrigued against him with the help of her brother Ptolemy Keraunos; they accused him of conspiring with Seleucus to seize the throne, and he was put to death. Events By place Roman Republic The Gallic tribe called the Senones, who has settled on the Adriatic coast north of Agathocles ( Greek: Aγαθoκλής died 284 BC was the son of Lysimachus by an Odrysian woman who Polyaenus calls Macris Ptolemy Keraunos ( Greek Πτολεμαίος Κεραυνός - 279 BC was the King of Macedon from 281 BC to 279 BC

This atrocious deed of Lysimachus aroused great indignation. Many of the cities of Asia revolted, and his most trusted friends deserted him. The widow of Agathocles fled to Seleucus, who at once invaded the territory of Lysimachus in Asia. In 281 BCE, Lysimachus crossed the Hellespont into Lydia, and at the decisive Battle of Corupedium was killed. Events By place Asia Minor The Battle of Corupedium in Lydia is the last battle of the Diadochi, the rival successors See also Dardanelles Hellespont ( Turkish, Greek; ie "Sea of Helle" variously named in classical literature Hellespontium Pelagus Defining Lydia Aside from a legend related by Herodotus, who states that the name Lydia came from king Lydus at the time of the fall of Troy The Battle of Corupedium (also called Corupedion is the name of the last battle of the Diadochi, the rival successors to Alexander the Great. After some days his body was found on the field, protected from birds of prey by his faithful dog^[4]. Lysimachus's body was given over to his son Alexander, by whom it was interred at Lysimachia.

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External Links

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• Lysimachus' Dog & Nisaean Horses - Informative but non-scholarly essay on Lysimachus (Annotated with Souces).

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