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| {{Short description|Battle in 301 BC that ended the Fourth War of the Diadochi}} | | {{Short description|Battle in 301 BC that ended the Fourth War of the Diadochi}} |
| {{Infobox military conflict
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| | image = The Battle of Ipsus.jpg
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| | image_size = 300px
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| | caption = The Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. 19th century engraving.
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| | coordinates = {{coord|38.95|30.99|display=inline,title}}
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| | map_type = West Asia#Turkey
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| | map_relief = yes
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| | map_size = 300
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| | map_caption = Location of the Battle of Ipsus.
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| | map_label =
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| | conflict = Battle of Ipsus
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| | partof = the [[Wars of the Diadochi]]
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| | date = 301 BC
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| | place = Ipsus, [[Phrygia]]<br />(modern-day Çayırbağ, [[Afyonkarahisar Province|Afyonkarahisar]], [[Turkey]])
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| | result = Coalition victory
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| | combatant1 = [[Antigonid dynasty|Antigonids]]
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| | combatant2 = {{plainlist|
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| *[[Lysimachus|Lysimachids]]
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| *[[Cassander|Antipatrids]]
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| *[[Seleucid Empire|Seleucids]]}}
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| | commander1 = {{plainlist|
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| *[[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]]{{KIA}}
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| *[[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius I]]
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| *[[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]]
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| }}
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| | commander2 = {{plainlist|
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| *[[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus Nicator I]]
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| *[[Lysimachus]]
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| *[[Antiochus I Soter|Antiochus Soter I]]
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| *[[Cassander]]
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| *[[Prepelaus]]
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| *[[Pleistarchus (Antipatrid)|Pleistarchus]]
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| }}
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| | strength1 = {{plainlist|
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| *70,000 infantry
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| *10,000 cavalry
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| *75 elephants
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| *([[Plutarch]])}}
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| | strength2 = {{plainlist|
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| *64,000 infantry
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| *15,000 cavalry
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| *500 elephants
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| *120 scythed chariots
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| *([[Plutarch]])}}
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| | casualties1 = All but 5,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry ([[Plutarch]])
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| | casualties2 = Unknown
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| }}
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| {{Campaignbox Diadochi}} | | {{Campaignbox Diadochi}} |
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| The '''Battle of Ipsus''' ({{langx|grc|Ἱψός}}) was fought between some of the [[Diadochi]] (the successors of [[Alexander the Great]]) in 301 BC near the town of [[Ipsus]] in [[Phrygia]]. [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]], the Macedonian ruler of large parts of Asia, and his son [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius]] were pitted against the coalition of three other successors of Alexander: [[Cassander]], ruler of [[Macedon]]; [[Lysimachus]], ruler of [[Thrace]]; and [[Seleucus I Nicator]], ruler of [[Babylonia]] and [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]. | | The '''Battle of Ipsus''' was fought between some of the [[Diadochi]] (the successors of [[Alexander the Great]]) in 301 BC near the town of [[Ipsus]] in [[Phrygia]]. [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]], the Macedonian ruler of large parts of Asia, and his son [[Demetrius I of Macedon|Demetrius]] were pitted against the coalition of three other successors of Alexander: [[Cassander]], ruler of [[Macedon]]; [[Lysimachus]], ruler of [[Thrace]]; and [[Seleucus I Nicator]], ruler of [[Babylonia]] and [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]. |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |