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Kingdom of Lysimachus

306 BCE – 281 BCE · capital Lysimachia

Short-lived Hellenistic kingdom of Alexander's general Lysimachus, ruling Thrace, Macedon and western Asia Minor before his death at Corupedium.

Origins

After Alexander's death in 323 BCE, Lysimachus received Thrace as his satrapy and spent years subduing the Odrysian Kingdom under Seuthes III. In 309 BCE he founded Lysimachia on the Gallipoli peninsula as his capital, and around 306 BCE he took the royal title with the other Successors.

Rule and society

Lysimachus was a careful financier who built a large treasury and minted famous tetradrachms showing the deified Alexander. After the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE he gained most of western Asia Minor, refounding Ephesus. North of the Haemus he campaigned against the Getae, and around 292 BCE was captured by their king Dromichaetes. In 288 BCE he and Pyrrhus took Macedon, which he held alone from 285 BCE.

Decline and legacy

Family murders, including the killing of his son Agathocles, alienated his supporters. Seleucus I defeated and killed him at Corupedium in 281 BCE. His realm broke up, and Thrace soon fell to the Celtic invasions and the Kingdom of Tylis.

Lineage

Macedonian Empire 336 BCE – 323 BCEKingdom of Lysimachus

Connections (4)

Odrysian Kingdom was a vassal of Kingdom of Lysimachus306 BCE – 281 BCE
Heraclea Pontica was conquered by Kingdom of Lysimachus289 BCE – 281 BCE
Kingdom of Pergamon split from Kingdom of Lysimachus282 BCE
Kingdom of Lysimachus was conquered by Seleucid Empire281 BCE

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kingdom of Lysimachus. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kingdom-of-lysimachus
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