Ipsus

[ ip-suh s ]

/ ˈɪp səs /

noun

an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.

Example sentences from the Web for ipsus

This happened at the great battle of Ipsus in Phrygia, where they all met, with more than eighty thousand men in each army.

History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12) |S. Rappoport
As for Demetrius, although he had lost a kingdom at the battle of Ipsus, he soon managed to conquer another.

The Story of the Greeks |H. A. Guerber
But after Ipsus a further change was made—a change that was injudicious in the extreme.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia |George Rawlinson
The battle of Ipsus decided the fate of Alexander's kingdom.

The Story of the Greeks |H. A. Guerber

He declared that not if he had lost ten thousand fields like Ipsus would he consent to buy Seleukus for his son-in-law.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV |Aubrey Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for ipsus

Ipsus

/ (ˈɪpsəs) /

noun

an ancient town in Asia Minor, in S Phrygia: site of a decisive battle (301 bc) in the Wars of the Diadochi in which Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius

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