What the records say
- When
- 319 BCE
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.67° N, 34.84° E
- Description
- battle during the Wars of the Diadochi
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Orkynia
319 BCE battle of the Wars of the Diadochi
The Battle of Orkynia was fought in [[319 BC near Orkynia in Cappadocia. It was one of first battles of the wars between the successors to Alexander the Great, the so called Diadochi. At Orkynia the armies of Antigonus Monophthalmus and Eumenes the Cardian met; the battle resulted in a stunning Antigonid victory.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Orkynia: Antigonus marches his army against Eumenes in Cappadocia and defeats him in battle at Orkynia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Orkynia Muharebesi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “亞歷山大帝國攝政安提帕特跳過自己的兒子卡山德，宣佈由波利伯孔繼承帝國攝政之位，卡山德與波利伯孔之間的內戰隨即爆發，且戰事迅速蔓延到其他的繼業者”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page