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Eumenes
Eumenes (361-315): secretary of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi.
Relatives
- Father: Hieronymus of Cardia
- Wife: Artonis
Main deeds
- 361: Born in Cardia on the Thracian Chersonese
- 341: Secretary of king Philip II of Macedonia
- 336: Assassination of Philip (text); accession of Alexander the Great
- 334: Invasion of Asia
- 326: Commander of a military unit in the eastern Punjab
- 324: Marriages at Susa; Eumenes marries Artonis (text)
- 323: Death of Alexander in Babylon (text); settlement of Babylon (text); Eumenes made satrap of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia
- 321, December: Outbreak of the First Diadoch War (Antipater, Antigonus, Ptolemy Soter, and Craterus against Perdiccas and Eumenes)
- 320, April: Eumenes defeats Craterus
- 320, May: Death of Perdiccas; Conference of Triparadisus (text); end of First Diadoch War; Antigonus made supreme commander of the Macedonian forces in Asia; his task is to defeat Eumenes
- 319: Antigonus besieges Eumenes at Nora (text)
- 318: Outbreak of the Second Diadoch War (Polyperchon and Eumenes against Antigonus and Cassander, son of Antipater)
- 317: Antigonus pursues Eumenes to Gabae (text); Eumenes uses the cult for Alexander to gain support
- 315: Antigonus defeats Eumenes; his soldiers hand him over to Antigonus, who orders his execution
Sources
- Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes
- Diodorus of Sicily, Library of World History, Book 18
- Plutarch of Chaeronea, Eumenes