Demetrius I Poliorcetes

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defeat at Ipsos
- In Battle of Ipsos
role in Antigonid dynasty
- In Antigonid dynasty
victory at Salamis
- In Salamis

conflict with

Archidamus IV
- In Archidamus IV
Lysimachus
- In Lysimachus
Ptolemy I Soter
- In Ptolemy I Soter: Satrap of Egypt
Pyrrhus
- In Pyrrhus
Rhodes
- In Rhodes

development of

coinage
- In coin: The coin portrait
warships
- In warship: Later developments

relationship to

Antigonus I
- In Antigonus I Monophthalmus: Military campaigns
- In Hellenistic age: Alexander’s successors
Antigonus II Gonatas
- In Antigonus II Gonatas

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 27, 2024
	Invalidated site: Livius - Demetrius Poliorcetes.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 03, 2020
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998