Antigonus the One-Eyed: Greatest of the Successors by Jeff Champion

Author:Jeff Champion [Champion, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alexander's Successors, Mlitary, Biographies & Memoirs, Leaders, Hellenistic Period, Ancient
ISBN: 9781783030422
Amazon: 1783030429
Goodreads: 22226091
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Published: 2014-08-30T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The Conquest of Cyprus and the Kingship

And when Antigonus heard of the victory that had been gained, elated by the magnitude of his good fortune, he assumed the diadem and from that time on he used the style of king; and he permitted Demetrius also to assume this same title and rank.

Diodorus 20.53.

Demetrius left Athens and returned to Asia in the spring of 306. Along the way he ‘summoned the Rhodians for the war against Ptolemy.’ Rhodes had earlier allied itself with Antigonus in 313. They refused to obey, ‘preferring to maintain a common peace with all.’1 This slight would not be forgotten, or forgiven, but for now Antigonus was focused on the campaign in Cyprus. The Rhodians could await his displeasure.

In Cilicia Demetrius assembled a fleet of 110 triremes and fifty three heavier ships, and an army of 15,000 infantry and 400 cavalry. The fleet included thirty quadriremes supplied by the Athenians from the timber supplied by Antigonus. Plutarch notes that Demetrius:

Was actually thought to be a better general in preparing than in employing a force, for he wished everything to be at hand in abundance for his needs, and could never be satisfied with the largeness of his undertakings in building ships and engines of war, or in gazing at them with great delight.2

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