Lysimachus

Lysimachus was one of Alexander the Great's somatophylakes (bodyguards) who emerged as a major power in the Wars of the Diadochi. He secured control of Thrace after Alexander's death, gradually expanding his territory to include western Asia Minor and eventually Macedonia itself after defeating and killing Pyrrhus of Epirus's ally Demetrius Poliorcetes. At the height of his power he controlled much of the northern and western Hellenistic world. He was defeated and killed at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BCE by Seleucus I, the last of the original diadochi to survive.

• Nationality: macedonian
• Roles: ruler, general