The Struggles of Antigonus and Demetrius in Egypt and Rhodes

Abstract

The empire founded by Alexander the Great led to endless struggles among his succe­ssors (diado­khoi) after his death. The goal of each of his successors was to dominate and rule on their own in the vast lands from Macedonia to India and Egypt, as Alexander the Great did. To achieve their purpose and ambitions, the two successors. Antigonos Monophthalmos and Ptole­maios, the sons of Lagos, who gradually became power­ful, confronted with each other on both in land and in the sea. The successors in question tried to eliminate one another in terms of politically and economically by their diplo­matic moves They especially wanted to be dominant in the East Mediterranean and fought each other to control Cyprus Island which was an important naval base in the region. They used Cyprus Island as a naval base against their political rival, the Rhodes. Both Antigonos and Demetrios attempted to have a supremacy over the Rhodes Island and Ptolemaios I., in general, which were the dominant powers in the Mediterranean. This study deals with analysing the expansionist policy of Antigonos and De­metrios who endeavoured to take those mentioned regions such as Egypt and the Rho­des under their control between the years of 306-304 BC and it also aims to present a new perspective in terms of topography, war plan, tactics and chronology.

Keywords

• Egypt,Rhodes,Helepolis,Ptolemaius I,Demetrius Poliorcetes,Siege

Antigonos ve Demetrios’un Mısır ve Rhodos’taki Mücadeleleri

Abstract

Büyük İskender’in kurmuş olduğu impara­torluk o­nun ölümünün ardından halefleri (dia­dokhoi) arasında bitmek bilmeyen mücadelelere neden olmuştur. Halef­lerinden her birinin amacı Makedonya’dan Hindistan’a ve Mısır’a kadar uzanan geniş topraklara Büyük İskender gibi tek başına hükmetmek olmuştur. Bu amaç doğrultu­sunda hareket eden ve giderek güçlenen iki halef Antigonos Mo­no­phthalmos ve Lagos’un oğlu Ptolemaios hem karada hem de denizde çakışan çıkarları doğrultusunda karşı kar­şıya gelmişlerdir. Söz konusu halefler yaptıkları diplomatik hamle­lerle gerek siyasi gerekse de ekonomik yönden bir­bir­lerini ekarte etmeye çalışmışlar, özellikle Doğu Akde­niz’de söz sahibi olmak için bölgenin önemli deniz üssü Kıbrıs Adası için savaşmışlardır. Hem karada hem de de­nizde yapılan muharebeler sonrasında adayı ele geçiren Antigonos Mono­phthal­mos ve oğlu Demetrios, ele geçir­dikleri stratejik önemi haiz bu adayı, I. Ptolemaios’a ve onun hem ticari hem de siyasi müttefiki Rhodos’a karşı as­keri bir üs olarak kullanmışlardır. Antigo­nos ve Demetri­os, genel olarak Akdeniz üzerinde hâkim güç konumunda bulunan Rhodos Adası ve I. Ptolemaios’a karşı bir üstün­lük mücadelesine girişmiştir. Bu çalışmada Antigonos ve Demetri­os’un sözü edilen bölgeleri denetim altına almak ama­cıyla MÖ 306-304 yılları arasında Mısır ve Rhodos odaklı yürüttükleri yayılmacı politika analiz edilerek, topo­grafya, savaş planı, taktikler ve kronoloji açısından yeni bir bakış sunulması amaçlanmaktadır.

Keywords

• Mısır,Rhodos,Helepolis,I. Ptolemaios,Demetrios Poliorketes,Kuşatma

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