Founding of Lysimachia

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The Founding of Lysimachia refers to the establishment of the ancient city of Lysimachia on the Thracian Chersonese by the Diadoch ruler Lysimachus as a strategic and political center of his Hellenistic kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city founding ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
follows death of Alexander the Great ⓘ
hasAgent Lysimachus ⓘ
hasApproximateTime c. 309–306 BCE ⓘ
late 4th century BCE ⓘ
hasContext Hellenistic period ⓘ
Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Greek colonization traditions ⓘ
Hellenistic city planning ⓘ
hasFounder Lysimachus ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance example of Diadoch city foundation ⓘ
illustrates use of urban foundations for territorial control ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Ancient Greek world ⓘ
hasLocation Hellenistic kingdom of Lysimachus ⓘ
Hellespont region ⓘ
linked to: Thracian Chersonese

Lysimachia ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
hasMainSubject Lysimachia ⓘ
hasPoliticalRole administrative center of Lysimachus’ realm ⓘ
royal residence of Lysimachus ⓘ
hasPurpose consolidation of Lysimachus’ power ⓘ
control of Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
control of routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
political center ⓘ
strategic center ⓘ
hasRegionType coastal area ⓘ
isthmus ⓘ
hasResult creation of new urban center on Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
establishment of Lysimachia as major city ⓘ
strengthening of Lysimachus’ control in Thrace ⓘ
hasStrategicRole control of land routes across Thracian Chersonese ⓘ
control of sea routes through the Hellespont ⓘ
hasUrbanFunction administrative hub ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
namedAfter Lysimachus ⓘ
precedes Lysimachia as capital of Lysimachus’ kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo Macedonian rule in Thrace ⓘ
partition of Alexander’s empire ⓘ

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Lysimachus → notableWork → Founding of Lysimachia ⓘ