Editing 288 BC (section)

==== Greece ====
* The [[Macedon]]ian King, [[Demetrius Poliorcetes]], faces a combined attack from [[Lysimachus]] and [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Phyrrhus]], king of [[Epirus]], after [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]], [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]] and Lysimachus form a coalition to block plans by Demetrius to invade [[Asia Minor]]. Ptolemy's fleet appears off [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], inciting the cities to revolt.
* [[Ancient Athens|Athens]] revolts and Demetrius besieges the city. Pyrrhus takes [[Thessaly]] and the western half of Macedonia and, with the assistance of Ptolemy's fleet, relieves Athens from Demetrius' siege.
* After the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] fleet participates decisively in the liberation of Athens from Macedonian occupation, Ptolemy obtains the protectorate over the League of Islanders, which includes most of the Greek islands in the [[Aegean Sea]]. Egypt's maritime supremacy in the [[Mediterranean]] in the ensuing decades is based on this alliance.