Battle of Paraitacene

Battle of Paraitakene
Part of the Second War of the Diadochi
Date 317 BC Location Paraitakene (near modern Isfahan, Iran) Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Antigonus I Monophthalmus,	Eumenes
Commanders and leaders
Antigonus I Monophthalmus	Eumenes
Strength
28,000 heavy infantry, 5,500 light infantry, 6,900 light cavalry, 3,700 heavy cavalry, 65 war elephants 44,165 total	17,000 heavy infantry, 18,000 light infantry, 6,000 cavalry, 125 war elephants 41,125 total
Casualties and losses
7,700, inc. 3,700 killed	1,540, inc. 540 killed

The Battle of Paraitakene (also called Paraetacene; Greek: Παραιτακηνή) was a battle in the wars of the successors of Alexander the Great (see Diadochi) between Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Eumenes. It was fought in 317 BC.

After the death of Alexander the Great, his generals immediately began squabbling over his huge empire. Soon it degenerated into open warfare, with each general attempting to claim a portion of Alexander's vast kingdom. One of the most talented successor generals (Diadochi) was Antigonus Monophthalmus, so called because of an eye he lost in a siege. During the early years of warfare between the Diadochi, he faced Eumenes, a capable general who had already crushed Craterus. The two Diadochi fought a series of battles across Anatolia and Persia.

In the summer of 317 BC, Eumenes, trying to capitalize on an earlier victory, was on the move against Antigonus. The two armies came to face one another in the lands of the Paraitakenoi, to the northeast of Susa.

Antigonus deployed his army obliquely, the right wing leading, in the same fashion used by Alexander and Philip. Antigonus deployed his light horse on the left, his heavy cavalry and light infantry were placed on the right flank resting on the hills. His phalanx held the center, while the war elephants were spread across the line. Eumenes, also placed his phalanx in the center, with the elite Argyraspides. His left flank, resting near the hill, was made up of cavalry, elephants and auxiliaries. The right flank was led by Eumenes himself with his heavy cavalry.

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