ABSTRACT
With the battle of Ipsus a new age began. It consecrated the dismemberment of the Empire. By the defeat of Antigonos, the idea of unity was condemned for ever. The dream might still haunt Demetrios, but he would pursue it as an adventurer rather than as a statesman. It may, perhaps, have crossed the minds of Lysimachos and Seleucos, but with them it was only a transient flash, followed by catastrophe.
