Antigonus father , Demetrius Poliorcetes , had been driven Motion from the Macedonian throne by Pyrrhus of Epirus and Lysimachus in 288 BC .

Tired of war Demetrius surrendered Surrendering himself to Seleucus I Nicator in 285 BC , leaving Departing Antigonus as the Antigonid heir to the Macedonian throne .

It was around this time , under these favorable omens , that his son and successor , Demetrius II Aetolicus was born Bringing by his niece-wife Phila .

After the Mamluk victories over Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260 and Albistan in 1277 , the Il-khan Abaqa sent Sending his brother Möngke Temur at the head of a large army which numbered about 40-50,000 men , chiefly Armenians under Leo II and Georgians under Demetrius II .

It began Process_start on 26 October 1185 , the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki , and ended Process_end with the restoration of Bulgaria with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire , ruled by the Asen dynasty .

The brothers Peter and Asen built Building the Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki in Tarnovo , dedicated Giving to Saint Demetrius , who was traditionally considered a patron of the Byzantine city of Thessaloniki , and claimed Statement that the Saint had ceased Process_end to favour the Byzantines : `` God had decided Deciding to free Releasing the Bulgarians and the Vlach people and to lift Process_end the yoke that they had borne Bringing for so long '' .

The brothers Peter and Asen built Building the Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki in Tarnovo , dedicated Giving to Saint Demetrius , who was traditionally considered a patron of the Byzantine city of Thessaloniki , and claimed Statement that the Saint had ceased Process_end to favour the Byzantines : `` God had decided Deciding to free Releasing the Bulgarians and the Vlach people and to lift Process_end the yoke that they had borne Bringing for so long '' .

In a symbolic gesture , Isaac II entered Arriving Peter 's house and took Conquering the icon of Saint Demetrius , thus regaining Recovering the saint 's favour .