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commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Demetrius I of Macedon

Battles of Demetrius I of Macedon

king of Macedon, 336 BC to 283 BC

Demetrius I of Macedon is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 317 BC and 287 BC: 5 battles, 5 sieges and 1 naval action across 7 present-day countries, most in Greece (3), Iran (2), Lebanon (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,666 km apart end to end, 567 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Third War of the Diadochi (3), Fourth War of the Diadochi (3), Second War of the Diadochi (2).

Siege of TyreBattle of MyusSecond Siege of BabylonSiege of RhodesSiege of ThebesSiege of AthensBattle of ParaitaceneBattle of GabieneBattle of GazaBattle of SalamisBattle of IpsusBattle of ParaitaceneBattle of GabieneBattle of GazaBattle of SalamisBattle of IpsusTehranBaghdadAthensAlexandriaAnkaraTel AvivAleppoDamascusKuwait CityBaku1000 km35.233N, 37.563E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

317 BC: 1 engagements1 in 317 BC316 BC: 1 engagements1 in 316 BC315 BC: 1 engagements1 in 315 BC312 BC: 1 engagements1 in 312 BC311 BC: 1 engagements1 in 311 BC310 BC: 1 engagements1 in 310 BC306 BC: 1 engagements1 in 306 BC305 BC: 1 engagements1 in 305 BC301 BC: 1 engagements1 in 301 BC292 BC: 1 engagements1 in 292 BC287 BC: 1 engagements1 in 287 BC317 BC287 BC
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Paraitacene, 317 BCBattle of Gabiene, 316 BCSiege of Tyre, 315 BCBattle of Gaza, 312 BCBattle of Myus, 311 BCSecond Siege of Babylon, 310 BCBattle of Salamis, 306 BCSiege of Rhodes, 305 BCBattle of Ipsus, 301 BCSiege of Thebes, 292 BCSiege of Athens, 287 BC317 BC287 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
317 BCBattle of ParaitaceneParaetacene, IranEumenes victory
316 BCBattle of GabieneIran96 km SInconclusive, Antigonid overall victory when Eumenes...
315 BCSiege of TyreTyre, Lebanon1,564 km WAntigonid victory; Capture of Tyre
312 BCBattle of GazaGaza City, Palestine207 km SPtolemaic–Seleucid victory
311 BCBattle of MyusLevant, Lebanon312 km NEAntigonid victory; Peace of 311 BC
310 BCSecond Siege of BabylonBabylon, Iraq800 km ESeleucid victory
306 BCBattle of SalamisSalamis, Cyprus1,013 km WAntigonid victory
305 BCSiege of RhodesRhodes, Greece546 km WRhodian victory; Colossus of Rhodes is erected
301 BCBattle of IpsusIpsos, Turkey406 km NEAnti-Antigonid coalition victory
292 BCSiege of ThebesThebes, Greece669 km WMacedonian victory
287 BCSiege of AthensAthens, Greece53 km SEAthenian and Epirote victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Saddhiyama, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.