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The Battle of Ipsus occured in 301 BC. This battle marked the
defeat at Ipsus, Phrygia, of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and his son Demetrius I Poliorcetes. They were beaten by Lysimachus
of Thrace, Seleucus I Nicator of Babylon, Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt, and Cassander of Macedonia.
Antigonus was killed and his Asian territory was lost, but Demetrius
kept a territory in Greece and Macedonia. The Battle of Ipsus was part of the struggle for control of territories that
made up Alexander the Great's Empire.
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