. to 311 he carried onwar, with varying success, against Seleucus,Ptolemy, Cassander, and Lysimachus. By thepeace made in 311, Antigonus was allowed tohave the government of all Asia; but peacedid not last more than a year. After the defeatof Ptolemys fleet in 306, Antigonus assumed thetitle of king, and his example was followed byPtolemy, Lysimachus, and Seleucus. In thesame year Antigonus, hoping to crush Ptolemy,invaded Egypt, but was compelled to son Demetrius Poliorcetes carried on thewar with success against Cassand
. to 311 he carried onwar, with varying success, against Seleucus,Ptolemy, Cassander, and Lysimachus. By thepeace made in 311, Antigonus was allowed tohave the government of all Asia; but peacedid not last more than a year. After the defeatof Ptolemys fleet in 306, Antigonus assumed thetitle of king, and his example was followed byPtolemy, Lysimachus, and Seleucus. In thesame year Antigonus, hoping to crush Ptolemy,invaded Egypt, but was compelled to son Demetrius Poliorcetes carried on thewar with success against Cassander in Greece,but he was compelled to return to Asia to theassistance of his father, against whom Cas-sander, Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Lysimachushad formed a fresh confederacy. Antigonusand Demetrius were defeated by Lysimachus atthe decisive battle of Ipsus in Phrygia, in fell in the battle in the 81st year ofhis age (Diod. xx. 46-86 ; Plut. Demetr. 15-30;Just. xv. 2-4).—2. Gonatas, son of DemetriusPoliorcetes, and grandson of the preceding. He. Coin of Antigonus Gonatas, ob. , head of Poseidon ; rev., Apollo with bow, seated on aprow. Probably refers to a naval success at Cos. [Somehave called it a coin of the 1st Antigonus, referring tohis victory at Cyprus, 306.] assumed the title of king of Macedonia afteihis fathers death in Asia, in 283, but hadid not obtain possession of the throne till defeated an army of the Gauls (part of thereserves left by Brennus) 276 (Just. xxv. 2 ;cf. Diog. Laert. ii. 140). He was driven out ofhis kingdom by Pyrrhus of Epirus in 273, butrecovered it in the following year : he was againexpelled by Alexander, the son of Pyrrhus,and again recovered his dominions. After along war with Athens he besieged and took thecity, and placed a Macedonian garrison in it, 263. He died in 239. He was succeededby Demetrius II. His surname Gonatas isusually derived from Gonnos or Gonni in Thes-saly; but some thin
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