Demetrius' Demise: the final campaigns of the great Antigonid King | Wars of Alexander's Successors

Demetrius' Demise: the final campaigns of the great Antigonid | c. 294-282 BCE | Wars of the Diadochi 20 | Fifth War Part Two | History Documentary

After making a remarkable comeback after the Battle of Ipsus in 301, by the mid 290s he was king of Macedon. Always looking to expand his dominion, Demetrius gambled again for total domination, this time it would not pay off.

0:00 Early actions of Demetrius as King of Macedon
3:01 Demetrius against Pyrrhus in Thessaly
11:05 Demetrius Plans for Domination
15:20 Rebellion Against Demetrius
18:46 Demetrius in Athens
24:26 Demetrius in Asia Minor
30:30 Demetrius & Seleucus
38:40 Demetrius' Demise
44:53 Demetrius Evaluated

Ancient Sources
Diodorus Library of History
Plutarch Demetrius
Plutarch Pyrrhus
Plutarch Comparison of Demetrius and Antony
Pausanias
Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus

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Will, Edouard in Cambridge Ancient History, chapter 4 The Formation of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
Maps used are thanks to Google Earth, Data attribution on screen

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