Battle of Ipsus

Battle of Ipsus
	Part of the Wars of the Diadochi
	; The Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. 19th century engraving.
Date	301 BC
Location	Ipsus, Phrygia; (modern-day Çayırbağ, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey)38.95°N 30.99°E
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
Antigonids	Lysimachids; Antipatrids; Seleucids;
Commanders and leaders
Antigonus I Monophthalmus †; Demetrius I; Pyrrhus;	Lysimachus; Seleucus Nicator I; Antiochus Soter I; Cassander; Prepelaus; Pleistarchus;
Strength
70,000 infantry; 10,000 cavalry; 75 elephants; (Plutarch);	64,000 infantry; 15,000 cavalry; 400 elephants; 120 scythed chariots; (Plutarch);
Casualties and losses
All but 5,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry (Plutarch)	Unknown
	Location of the Battle of Ipsus. Battle of Ipsus (Turkey)

The Battle of Ipsus (Ancient Greek: 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 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 Persia. Only one of these leaders, Lysimachus, had actually been one of Alexander's somatophylakes.

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