battle, major, ancient

Battle of Ipsus

Name: Battle of Ipsus
Location: Ipsos, Turkey

Battle of Ipsus was a battle fought in 301 BC at Ipsos, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Fourth War of the Diadochi, which ran from 308 BC to 301 BC. The recorded result: Anti-Antigonid coalition victory.

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Fought301 BC

WhereIpsos, Turkey38.950N, 30.990E

OutcomeAnti-Antigonid coalition victory

BelligerentsAntigonid dynastyagainstAnti-Antigonid coalition: Seleucid Empire; Lysimachid Thrace; Antipatrid Macedon

Casualties and lossesAll but 5,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry (Plutarch)andUnknown

Part ofFourth War of the Diadochi308 BC to 301 BC

Where it sits in the Fourth War of the Diadochi

4 placed engagements of the Fourth War of the Diadochi in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	301 BC (year precision)
Place	Ipsos, Turkey 38.950N, 30.990E
Kind	Battle, ancient
Strength	70,000 infantry; 10,000 cavalry; 75 elephants; (Plutarch)	64,000 infantry; 15,000 cavalry; 500 Indian elephants; 120 scythed chariots; (Plutarch)
Casualties and losses	All but 5,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry (Plutarch)	Unknown
Commanders	Antigonus I Monophthalmus Demetrius I Poliorcetes Pyrrhus of Epirus	Seleucus I Nicator Lysimachus Antiochus I Soter Prepelaus Pleistarchus (son of Antipater)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Sack of Amorium AD 838, 27 km E
Battle of Akroinon AD 740, 45 km SW
Battle of the Zompe Bridge 1074, 46 km NE
Battle of Philomelion 1116, 76 km SE
Battle of Philomelion 1190, 76 km SE

In the same war

Before: Siege of Rhodes 305 BC
All 4 engagements of Fourth War of the Diadochi

Elsewhere in 301 BC

Battle of Scerdilaidas Albania

Battle of Ipsus is one of 137 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q319124, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Ipsus, revision 1376988647, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.