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Demetrius I Poliorcetes

Demetrius
Demetrius I of Macedon.jpg
Marble bust of Demetrius I Poliorcetes. Roman copy from 1st century AD of a Greek original from 3rd century BC
King of Macedonia
Reign 294–288 BC
Predecessor Antipater II of Macedon
Successor Lysimachus and Pyrrhus of Epirus
Born 337
Died 283
Spouse Phila, Eurydice of Athens, Deidamia I of Epirus, Lanassa, Ptolemais
Issue Stratonice of Syria
Antigonus II Gonatas
Demetrius the Fair
Father Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Mother Stratonice

Demetrius I (/dɪˈmtriəs/; Greek: Δημήτριος; 337–283 BC), called Poliorcetes (/ˌpɒli.ɔːrˈstz/; Greek: Πολιορκητής, "The Besieger"), son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a Macedonian Greek nobleman, military leader, and finally king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was its first member to rule Macedonia.

At the age of twenty-two he was left by his father to defend Syria against Ptolemy the son of Lagus. He was defeated at the Battle of Gaza, but soon partially repaired his loss by a victory in the neighbourhood of Myus. In the spring of 310, he was soundly defeated when he tried to expel Seleucus I Nicator from Babylon; his father was defeated in the autumn. As a result of this Babylonian War, Antigonus lost almost two thirds of his empire: all eastern satrapies fell to Seleucus.


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