The death of Lysimachus at the Battle of Corupedium, 281 BC, after some days his body was found on the field, protected from birds of prey by his faithful dog. Lysimachus, c. 360 BC - 281 BC. Macedonian officer and successor of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus (King) in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.