Along with his sister Laodice VI, the youngster Alexander was " discovered " by Heracleides, a former minister of Antiochus IV and brother of Timarchus, an usurper in Media who had been executed by the reigning king Demetrius I Soter.

Antigonus's son Demetrius I Poliorcetes survived the battle, and managed to seize control of Macedon itself a few years later, but eventually lost his throne, dying as a prisoner of Seleucus I.

Coin of Demetrius I of Macedon (" The Besieger "), ( 337 BC – 283 BC ), son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus

One of Demetrius ' successors, Menander I, brought the Indo-Greek Kingdom to its height between 165 – 130 BC, expanding the kingdom in India to even larger proportions than Demetrius.

The Ancient Library of Alexandria According to the earliest source of information, the pseudepigraphic Letter of Aristeas, the library was initially organized by Demetrius of Phaleron, a student of Aristotle, under the reign of Ptolemy I Soter ( ca. 367 BC — ca. 283 BC ).

Mary's mother assumed regency and Palatine Nicholas I Garay and Cardinal Demetrius took the reins of government.

One of the Greco-Bactrian kings, Demetrius I of Bactria, invaded India around 180 BC to form the Greco-Indian kingdom, lasting until around AD 20.

Epiphanes ' young son, Antiochus V Eupator, was first overthrown by Seleucus IV's son, Demetrius I Soter in 161 BC.

* 175 BC: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter.

* May 12 – Demetrius I Starszy, Prince of Trubczewsk ( in battle ) ( b. 1327 )

** Demetrius I Starszy, Prince of Trubczewsk ( d. 1399 )

It was ruled for a while by Demetrius I ( 294 – 288 BC ) but fell into civil war.

The founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom Demetrius I of Bactria | Demetrius I ( 205 – 171 BC ), wearing the scalp of an elephant, symbol of his conquest of India.

* Demetrius I, King of Macedon, r. 294 – 288 BC

** Timarchus, Seleucid nobleman, possibly from Miletus in Anatolia, appointed governor of Media in western Iran by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and who has rebelled against his successor, Demetrius I Soter, until he is killed in a battle with Demetrius ' forces

* The pretender to the Seleucid throne, Alexander Balas, who claims to be the son of the late Antiochus IV, defeats the Seleucid king, Demetrius I Soter, in battle and kills him.

Demetrius I Soter's son, Demetrius, goes into exile in Crete.

Demetrius in 305 BC attempted the reduction of Rhodes, which had refused to assist Antigonus against Egypt.

Since Demetrius was guarding the easy crossing points at the Hellespont and the Bosphorus, Pleistarchus attempted to ship his men directly across the Black Sea to Heraclea, using the port of Odessos.

Specifically, they agree to support each other against Rome, and that Hannibal shall have the right to make peace with Rome, but that any peace would include Philip and that Rome would be forced to give up control of Corcyra, Apollonia, Epidamnus, Pharos, Dimale, Parthini and Atintania and to restore to Demetrius of Pharos all his lands currently controlled by Rome.

Guiscard, returning with 150 ships to restore them, occupied Corfu and Kefalonia with the help of Ragusa and the Dalmatian cities ( which were under the rule of Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia ), but died along with 500 Norman knights of fever in the latter on 17 July 1085, in his 70th year.

Specifically they promise support against Rome, and that Hannibal shall have the right to make peace with Rome, but that any peace would include Philip and that Rome would be forced to give up control of Corcyra, Apollonia, Epidamnus, Pharos, Dimale, Parthini, and Atintania and " to restore to Demetrius of Pharos all those of his friends now in the dominion of Rome.

One of its articles specified that any peace made with Rome would include as terms that the Romans would relinquish control of Corcyra, Apollonia, Epidamnus, Pharos, Dimale, Parthini, and Atintania and to restore to Demetrius of Pharos all those of his friends now in the dominion of Rome.

* Having been freed by the Parthians, Demetrius II of Syria recovers the throne of the Seleucid Empire.

** Demetrius II Nicator, king of the Seleucid Empire from 145 BC and 129 BC ( d. 125 BC )

* Demetrius I Soter, Seleucid king of Syria from 162 BC ( b. c. 187 BC )

* Seleucus V Philometor succeeds his father Demetrius II as king of the Seleucid Empire.

* Demetrius II, king of the Seleucid Empire

* The pretender to the Seleucid throne, Alexander Balas, makes contact with Jonathan Maccabeus offering him terms even more favorable than those offered by the king Demetrius I Soter.

* Through the peace treaty of Apamea ( in Phrygia ), the Romans force the Seleucid king, Antiochus III, to surrender all his Greek and Anatolian possessions as far east as the Taurus Mountains, to pay 15, 000 talents over a period of 12 years and to surrender to Rome the former Carthaginian general Hannibal, his elephants and his fleet, and furnish hostages, including the king's eldest son, Demetrius.

* The Seleucid king Demetrius I Soter's relations with Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt deteriorate to the point where they support a rival claimant to the Syrian throne, Alexander Balas, who claims to be the son of the former Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and, therefore, a first cousin of Demetrius.

* After Ariarathes V has been deposed from the Cappadocian throne by the Seleucid king Demetrius I Soter and has fled to Rome, the new king of Cappadocia, Orophernes, sends two ambassadors to Rome to join the Seleucid emissaries of Demetrius in opposing Ariarathes V's return to power.

* At the request of the Romans, Ariarathes V, king of Cappadocia, rejects a proposal from the Seleucid king, Demetrius I, for him to marry the sister of Demetrius I.

* The Seleucid king, Demetrius I, on campaign in the east of his empire, leaves his general Bacchides to govern the western portion of it.

This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

The battle is a complete victory for Demetrius and results in his capture of Cyprus from Ptolemy and it completely destroys the naval power of Egypt.

One of the most prolific users of client states was Republican Rome ( e. g., Demetrius of Pharos ) which, instead of conquering and then absorbing into an empire, chose to make client states out of those it defeated, a policy which was continued up until the 1st century BC when imperial power took over.

He freed the city from the power of Cassander and Ptolemy, expelled the garrison which had been stationed there under Demetrius of Phalerum, and besieged and took Munychia ( 307 BC ).

As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death, but then in 142 deposed the child and himself seized power in Coele-Syria where Demetrius II Nicator was unpopular for his oppressive treatment of the Jews.

Upon the death of his father in Parthia and his uncle Demetrius II Nicator's return to power ( 129 BC ), his mother sent him to Cyzicus on the Bosporus, thus giving him his nickname.

at: 160 text: Demetrius I Soter recalls garrisons ~ due to civil war against Alexander Balas ,~ increasing Hasmonean power.

He is one of the few Bactrian kings mentioned by Greek authors, among them Apollodorus of Artemita, quoted by Strabo, who claims that the Greeks from Bactria were even greater conquerors than Alexander the Great, and that Menander was one of the two Bactrian kings, with Demetrius, who extended their power farthest into India:

Jealousy among the victors eventually allowed Demetrius to regain part of the power his father had lost.

He remained in power until 307 BC when Cassander's enemy, Demetrius Poliorcetes captured Athens, and Demetrius was obliged to take to flight.

The following year, Mithradates I of Parthia captured Seleucia ( the previous capital of the Seleucid Empire ), significantly weakening the power of Demetrius II Nicator throughout the remaining empire.

The kingdom passed to Boniface's son Demetrius, who was still a baby, so actual power was held by various minor nobles of Lombard origin.

In 1224, just as Demetrius had become old enough to take power for himself, Theodore finally captured Thessalonica and the kingdom became part of the Despotate of Epirus.

His only rival, Antigonos Gonatas ( Greek: Αντίγονος Γονατάς ), son of the ex-king of Macedon, Demetrius I Poliorcetes ( Greek: Δημήτριος Πολιορκητής ), was confined in the city of Demetriada, Thessaly, and so Keraunos ' power extended to south Greece as well.

The Romans also set up Demetrius of Pharos as a power in Illyria to counterbalance the power of Teuta.

Although Demetrius was not as successful as his father David the Builder, Georgia remained a strong feudal power with a well-organized military and political system and a developed cultural and economical life.

Demetrius was supported by Philip V of Macedon, who had grown anxious at the expansion of Roman power in Illyria.

The decade after 229 BC witnessed a revival of Illyrian power under Demetrius who succeeded Teuta.

In 219 BC, having decided that Dimallum was crucial to Demetrius ' power in the region, the consul prepared to besiege the city but was able to take it by direct assault within seven days.