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League of the Islanders

Greek history

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Antigonus I Monophthalmus

In Antigonus I Monophthalmus: Military campaigns
…in the Aegean into the League of the Islanders, preparatory to his invasion of Greece. His ally, the city of Rhodes, furnished him with the necessary fleet.
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Ptolemy I Soter

In Ptolemy I Soter: King of Egypt
…obtained the protectorate over the League of Islanders, which was established by Antigonus Monophthalmus in 315 and included most of the Greek islands in the Aegean. Egypt’s maritime supremacy in the Mediterranean in the ensuing decades was based on this alliance.
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