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Demetrius I POLIORCETES (b. 336 BC, Macedonia--d. 283, Cilicia [now in Turkey]), king of Mace donia from 294 to 288 BC. Demetrius was the son of Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus, in whose campaigns he commanded with distinction and whose empire, based in Asia, he attempted to rebuild. Unsuccessful against Ptolemy I Soter, satrap of Egypt, and against the Nabataeans, he liberated Athens from the Macedonian Cassander in 307 BC and in 306 BC decisively defeated Ptolemy at Salamis (Cyprus). From his unsuccessful siege of Rhodes (305 BC) he won the title Poliorcetes ('the Besieger'). Recalled by his father from Greece, he fought in the Battle of Ipsus, in which his father was killed and lost much of his empire (301 BC). Demetrius kept a foothold in Greece and in 294 BC reoccupied Athens and established himself as king of Macedonia, but in 288 BC he was driven out by his rivals Lysimachus and Pyrrhus. He finally surrendered to Seleucus I Nicator in Cilicia (285 BC) and died there (283 BC). He is the subject of one of Plutarch's Lives. [Encyclopædia Britannica CD ;97, DEMETRIUS IPOLIORCETES]
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Title: Wentworth GEDCOM-Jerald Leigh Chittenden Abbrev: Wentworth GEDCOM-Chittenden Author: C hittenden, Jerald Leigh Publication: 20 March, 2001 Note: Jerald Leigh Chittenden, 3532 NE 20th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212-1413, (503) 284-8864, JerryC490@aol.com Quality: 2
Title: Encyclopâé¬dia Britannica CD '97 Abbrev: Encyclopâé¬dia Britannica CD '97 Publication: Enc yclopâé¬dia Britannica, Inc., ÃE 1996 Page: DEMETRIUS I POLIORCETES
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