Battle of Ipsus | |||||||
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Part of the Wars of the Diadochi | |||||||
![]() The Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. 19th century engraving. | |||||||
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Antigonids |
Supported by: Mauryan Empire | ||||||
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All but 5,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry (Plutarch) | Unknown | ||||||
Location of the Battle of Ipsus. |
The Battle of Ipsus (Ancient Greek: Ἱψός) was fought between some of the Diadochi (the successors of Alexander the Great) in 301 BC near the town of Ipsus in Phrygia. Antigonus I Monophthalmus, the Macedonian ruler of large parts of Asia, and his son Demetrius were pitted against the coalition of three other successors of Alexander: Cassander, ruler of Macedon; Lysimachus, ruler of Thrace; and Seleucus I Nicator, ruler of Babylonia and Persia. Only one of these leaders, Lysimachus, had actually been one of Alexander's somatophylakes.