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Demitrius Poliorcetes (c.337-283 B.C.) A king of Macedonia. In 306 he defeated Ptolemy and destroyed the navy of Egypt. He then unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes, showing great ingenuity in using new siege weapons.
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. I (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 672. (Demetrius Poliorcetes, Museo Visconti.)
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