Battle of Salamis (306 BC) (category Battles of the Diadochi)
Ptolemy's brother Menelaus. After landing on the northeastern part of the island, Demetrius marched to Salamis, defeated Menelaus in a battle, and laid...
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Josephus's account directly blames Menelaus for convincing Antiochus IV to issue his anti-Jewish decrees. Alcimus, Menelaus's replacement as High Priest, is...
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the Hellenic League with themselves as dual hegemons, a coalition of the diadochi; Cassander, Seleucus I, Ptolemy I, and Lysimachus defeated the two at the...
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succeed Alexander. In the long wars that followed between the different Diadochi, Ptolemy's first goal was to hold Egypt securely, and his second was to...
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philosophy. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, the ensuing wars of the Diadochi, and the partitioning of Alexander's short-lived empire, Macedonia remained...
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Menelaus, a radical Hellenist, outbidding Jason, a moderate Hellenist who upheld many traditional Judean practices. The shift from Jason to Menelaus unsettled...
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the kingdom. The following decades saw a rapid and violent succession of Diadochi from various dynasties, each vying for the Macedonian throne. This chaos...
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BC) and the "four lesser horns" represent the four principal generals (Diadochi) who fought over the Greek empire following Alexander's death. The "little...
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Chalcidian League) Wars of the Diadochi (323–277 BCE), after the death of king Alexander the Great, between his Diadochi ("Successors") Additionally, long-established...
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308 BC Fourth War of the Diadochi Won. 2. Battle of Salamis Macedonian navy & Athenian navy 306 BC Fourth War of the Diadochi Loss. 3. Battle of Cos Macedonian...
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