Lysimachus

Macedonian officer of Thessalian origin (c. 360–281 BCE)

Lysimachus (Greek: Λυσίμαχος, Lysimachos; c. 360 BC – 281 BC) was a Thessalian officer and successor of Alexander the Great who became king of Thrace in 306 BC, western Asia Minor in 301 BC and Macedon in 288 BC. Born into a Thessalian noble family, Lysimachus was one of Alexander's immediate bodyguards and accompanied him in his Persian and Indian campaigns. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, he was appointed strategos of Thrace.

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