Battle of Paraitacene

When

317 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.63° N, 51.65° E

Description

battle

317 BC battle of the Second War of the Diadochi

The Battle of Paraitakene was fought in 317 BC, during the second of the succession wars that were fought after the death of Alexander the Great; the so called Wars of the Diadochi. In Paraitakene, a district of Persis, the armies of Antigonus Monophthalmus and Eumenes the Cardian engaged in a long and bloody battle that ended indecisively; since Antigonus suffered the most casualties the battle is seen as a 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 Paraitacene: The first battle of Western armies each with an elephant corps who fight for control over Alexander's empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Automne, guerres des diadoques : victoire indécise d'Antigone le Borgne sur Eumène de Cardia à la bataille de Paraitacène (entre la Susiane et la Perse)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “歐邁尼斯與安提柯之間爆發帕萊塔西奈戰役，未分出勝負，雙方的衝突延續到伽比埃奈戰役，歐邁尼斯最終在被自己的銀盾兵部隊出賣而被殺”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “パラエタケネの戦い：西洋の会戦としては初めて両軍が戦象隊を動員した、アレクサンドロス3世（大王）の遺した帝国の支配権を巡って争われた戦い。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second War of the Diadochi319 BCE · War