A.M. 3723.
After the death of Lysimachus, Seleucus possessed himself of Macedonia, but did not long enjoy it.
3724.
Ptolemy Ceraunus having slain the preceding prince, seized the kingdom, and possessed it but a very short time, having lost his life in a battle with the Gauls, who had made an irruption into that country.
3726.
Sosthenes, who defeated the Gauls, reigned but a short time in Macedonia.
3728.
Antigonus Gonatas, the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, at length obtained the peaceable possession of the kingdom of Macedonia, and transmitted it to his descendants, after he had reigned thirty-four years.
3762.
He was succeeded by his son Demetrius, who reigned ten years, and then died, leaving a son named Philip, who was but two years old.