Lysimachus
Noun
Meaning
Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)
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Seleucus defeated Antigonus in the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE and Lysimachus (King of Thrace, Macedon and Asia Minor) in the battle of Corupedium (near Sardis ) in 281 BCE.
He is delivered by Lysimachus; and the twain capture Cassandra and recapture Iphigenia in the hour of their marriage.
Ruins Temple of Hadrian The wall of Lysimachus has been estimated to enclose an area of convert.
Seleucus's empire reached its greatest extent following his defeat of his erstwhile ally, Lysimachus, at Corupedion in 281 BC, after which Seleucus expanded his control to encompass western Anatolia.
This action caused Ptolemy Keraunus to kill two of her sons, Lysimachus and Philip, while the eldest, Ptolemy, was able to escape and to flee north, to the kingdom of the Dardanians.
This may have been punishment for Sigeion resisting Lysimachus in 302: Diodorus 20.107.4.