Lysimachus
Lysimachus (c.355–281 BC),Macedonian from Pella (late sources wrongly allege Thessalian origins), was prominent in the entourage of Alexander the Great, achieving the rank of Bodyguard by 328. At Babylon (323) he received Thrace as his province, establishing himself with some difficulty against the Thracian dynast, Seuthes (322). He consolidated his power in the eastern coastal districts, suppressing a revolt among the Black Sea cities (313) and founding Lysimacheia in the Chersonese as a bulwark against the Odrysian monarchy (309). Though he assumed royal titulature (306/5), he made no mark in the wars of the Successors (Diadochi) until in 302 he invaded Asia Minor and fought the delaying campaign against Antigonus the One-eyed which enabled Seleucus to bring up his army for the decisive battle of Ipsus (301)....
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