Wars of the Diadochi 07| Second War Part 3 | Antigonus & Eumenes battle for Asia

Wars of the Diadochi 07| Second War Part 3 | Antigonus & Eumenes battle foe Asia

By the end of 318 BCE, Polyperchon in Macedon was cut off by both sea and land from his ally Eumenes, and his vast army. While for Antigonus with no real threat of Polyperchon and Eumenes coordinating against him, was afforded the luxury of focusing all his attention only on Eumenes and the East. Cassander was left in Europe with the role against Polyperchon, a task made easier by many of the Greek cities sensing a change in fortunes and switching their allegiance to Cassander. However, the situation in the Greco Macedonian homelands was delicately poised, and some bold plays for power would reshape the dynamics permanently.

Sources:
Ancient:
Diodorus, Library of History, Book 18
Plutarch, Eumenes


Modern:
Andrew Erskine, A Companion to the Hellenistic World
Edward M. Anson, Alexander's Heirs : The Age of the Successors
Robin Waterfield, Dividing the Spoils : The War for Alexander the Great's Empire
Pietrykowski, Joseph, Great Battles of the Hellenistic World


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