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Demetrius I Poliorcetes (/ d ɪ ˈ m iː t r i ə s p ɒ l i ɔːr ˈ s iː t iː z /; Greek: Δημήτριος Πολιορκητής, Dēmḗtrios Poliorkētḗs, lit. ' the Besieger of Cities '; 337 – 283 BC) was a Macedonian Greek nobleman and military leader who became king of Asia between 306 and 301 BC, and king of Macedon between 294 and 288 BC.
When Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt and supported Cleopatra in the struggle between her and her brother. Pothinus organized military opposition against Caesar. In the Alexandrinian war that followed, the Gabiniani played an important role: they were the core divisions of Achillas' army that comprised 20,000 infantrymen and 2000 cavalrymen.
Demetrius even built the now notable siege tower, known as the Helepolis, in his attempt to take the city. [ 4 ] The citizens of Rhodes were successful in resisting Demetrius; after one year he abandoned the siege and signed a peace agreement (304 BC) which Demetrius presented as a victory because Rhodes agreed to remain neutral in his war with ...
Demetrius Poliorcetes, the son of Antigonus, wrested part of Greece from Cassander. [6] In 306 BC, Philip, Antigonus's youngest son, died a premature death, aged about 26–28. [38] This was a severe blow to Antigonus, who not only lost a son, but also a general who might have been of the greatest value to him in the campaigns to come. [39]
Demetrius' wife Phila was a daughter of Antipater, and ancestor of all subsequent Antigonid kings of Macedon, except Antigonus III Doson, through her son Antigonus II Gonatas. Antigonus III Doson was descended from the marriage of Demetrius and Ptolemais, who was a daughter of Ptolemy I Soter and mother of Doson's father, Demetrius the Fair ...
Demetrius was born around 185 BC. He was sent to Rome as a hostage at a young age during the reign of his father Seleucus IV Philopator [1] and his mother Laodice IV. [2] Rome taking prominent Seleucid family members hostage was one of the terms of the Treaty of Apamea that had ended the Roman-Seleucid War.
Despite what Antigonus had said to the Nabataeans, he then sent his son Demetrius with 4000 horsemen and 4000 infantry to march towards Nabataea. [3] The force was lightly armed and was equipped with food provisions. However, the Nabataeans regarded Antigonus's previous letter with mistrust and had established outposts atop a mountain. [3]
After the death of Craterus a year later, she was again married to the young Demetrius Poliorcetes, the son of Antigonus. [3] Her marriage to Demetrius may have been as early as 319 BC; [4] according to Diodorus it had already happened in 315, when the remains of her previous husband were consigned to her care by Ariston, the friend of Eumenes. [5]