136: Ipsus

Rough combat map for the Battle of Ipsus – Cavalry in slashed blocks, phalanges infantry in solid blocks, skirmishers in dots, elephants in ovals – via Wikimedia

The Wars of the Diadochoi did not end in 301 BCE, but their Fourth War finished with a dramatic turning point in the Battle of Ipsus as Antigonus and Demetrius faced off against Seleucus, Lysimachus, and Pleistarchus.
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130: The War for Empire

The Battle of Gaza between Demetrius and Ptolemy in 312 BCE, engraving 1812 CE

No sooner did the Second War of the Diadochoi end, than the Third began when Antiognus Monophthalmus attempted to seize control of the whole empire. Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander, and Lysander rallied against their former comrade as war spread from Palestine to Greece to Thrace.
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