BATTLE OF IPSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Ipsus mean? 

• BATTLE OF IPSUS (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF IPSUS has 1 sense:

1. a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF IPSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF IPSUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Ipsus; Ipsus

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Anatolia; Asia Minor (a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey)