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  Battle of Gabiene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Gabiene (315 BC) was a second great battle (after Paraitacene) between two of Alexander the Great's successors: Antigonus and Eumenes in the wars of the diadochi.
Since the sole reference of this battle is ultimately from Eumenes' personal aid Hieronymus of Cardia (later transmitted through the historian Diodorus), who later switched his allegiance to Antigonus, he provides a unique perspective from both parties' point of view.
Despite the fact that these battle hardened veterans were old enough to be their opponents grandfathers, they were still highly respected and thought to be invincible in combat.
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 Battle of Ipsus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Ipsus was fought between some of the Diadochi (the successors of Alexander the Great) in 301 BC near the village of that name in Phrygia.
The battle resulted in the division of the short-lived Alexandrian Empire into three main power centers: Macedon in the west, Syria and Babylonia (under the Seleucids) in the center, and Egypt (under the Ptolemies) to the south.
Ipsus is an important battle, but it finalized the breakup of an empire, not the creation of one, which may account for its obscurity.
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 List of Battles Before 601 Encyclopedia @ 209.68.55.237 ()   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Battle of Nemea Spartans defeat the Thebans Athenians Argives and Corinthians.
Battle of Faesulae The Romans are defeated by the Gauls of Northern Italy.
Battle of Sellasia Defeat of Cleomenes III of Sparta by Antigonus Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League
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Eumenes is defeated and captured due to treachery, and executed at the insistence of Antigonus's lieutenants, despite the desire of Antigonus and his son Demetrius to spare him.
The Macedonian port city, Thessalonica, is founded by Cassander in honor of his wife Thessaloniki, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and sister of the late king Philip Arrhidaeus.
Battle of Ciuna, the Romans defeat the Samnites.
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 List of battles before AD 601: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The battle of cape ecnomus (offshore cape ecnomus, southern coast of sicily, 256 bc) was a naval battle between the fleets of carthage and the roman...
The battle of the metaurus was a pivotal battle in the ancient conflict between rome and carthage, fought in 207 bc near the metaurus river in italy....
The battle of cynoscephalae was fought in thessaly in 197 bc between the roman army, led by titus quinctius flamininus, and the antigonid dynasty of...
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 Home - Battle of Jhelum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Battles may be small scale, only involving a handful of individuals, perhaps two squads, up to battles on army levels where hundreds of thousands may be engaged in a single battle at one time.
A "battle of annihilation" is one in which the defeated party is destroyed in the field, such as the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.
A "decisive battle" is one of particular importance; by bringing hostilities to an end, such as the Battle of Hastings, or as a turning point in the fortunes of the belligerents, such as the Battle of Stalingrad.
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 Antigonus I Monophthalmus: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The battle of gaza was a battle of the third war of the diadochi between ptolemy i of egyptptolemy (satrap of egypt) and demetrius (son of antigonus i monopht...
The battle of salamis of 306 bc was a naval battle fought near salamis, cyprus between the fleets of ptolemy i of egypt and demetrius, two of the diadochi,...
The battle of ipsus was fought between some of the successors of alexander the great in 301 bc near the village of that name in phrygia....
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 315 BC Online Research :: Information about 315 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Eumenes is defeated and captured due to treachery, and executed at the insistence of Antigonus's lieutenants, despite the desire of Antigonus and his son Demetrius I Poliorcetes to spare him.
The Macedon port city, Thessalonica, is founded by Cassander in honor of his wife Thessaloniki, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and sister of the late king Philip III of Macedon.
Battle of Ciuna, the Roman Republic defeat the Samnites.
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 Everything about Porus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Alexander fought an epic battle against Porus, a ruler of a region in the Punjab in the Battle of Hydaspes in (326 BC).
Battle of Gabiene (316 BC) was a second great battle (after Paraitacene) between Antigonus and Eumenes in the wars of the diadochi (successors of Alexander the Great).
The battle as a victory of a Roman infantry heavy force against armored barbarian cavalry stands in stark contrast to the disaster at Adrianople in 378.
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 War elephant Did You Mean war_elephant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Elephants used by Egyptians at the battle of Raphia in 217 BC were smaller than their Asian counterparts, but that did not guarantee victory for Antiochus III the Great of Syria.
From the battle of Heraclea (280 BC, Pyrrhic War) to the famous march across the Alps by Hannibal during the Second Punic war, elephants terrified the Roman legions.
In battle, war elephants were usually deployed in the centre of the line, where they could be useful to prevent a charge or start one of their own.
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 EKRON - LoveToKnow Article on EKRON
On his death Teumman succeeded and almost immediately provoked a quarrel with Assur-bani-pal by demanding the surrender of his nephews who had taken refuge at the Assyrian court.
The Assyrians pursued the Elamite army to Susa, where a battle was fought on.
Ummanigas afterwards assisted in the revolt of Babylonia under Samassum-yukin, but his nephew, a second Tammaritu, raised a rebellion against him, defeated him in battle, cut off his head and seized the crown.
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 The Battle of Gabiene
Battle of Gabiene (316 BC) was a second great battle (after Paraitacene) between two of Alexander the Great's successors: Antigonus and Eumenes in the wars of the diadochi.
Thus, the battle was a tactical win for Antigonos despite possessing an inferior force to his adversary in the field.
Though the battle was inconclusive, Eumenes was later betrayed to Antigonus by his own soldiers including various satraps and the Silver Shields, which opposed Eumenes tacit ownership of their families and possessions as a mean of exerting control over them.
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 Battle of Ipsus - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Paraitacene – Gabiene – Gaza – Salamis – Rhodes – Ipsus – Corupedium
We know that Demetrius was initially successful on his side of the battle (on the right wing with heavy cavalry) but his force became separated from the center of the Antigonid army.
Antigonus himself died in battle from thrown javelins.
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 Eumenes - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
When Craterus and Antipater, having subdued Greece in the Lamian War, determined to pass into Asia and overthrow the power of Perdiccas, their first blow was aimed at Cappadocia.
Craterus and Neoptolemus, satrap of Armenia, were completely defeated by Eumenes in a battle somewhere near the Hellespont in 321 BC.
After two indecisive battles at Paraitacene (317 BC) and Gabiene (316 BC), Eumenes was betrayed to Antigonus by his own soldiers.
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 Everything about 1491   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Parthian dynasty of Persia occasionally used War elephants in their battles against Roman empire, however in the next ruling dynasty of Persia, Sassanid dynasty War elephants were of substantial importance in its army.
Of most memorable ones was Battle of Vartanantz in which Sassanid elephants caused much fear and crushed Armenian rebels.
Another good example is Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in which elephants were used in numbers in the Sassanid army.
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 Everything about Third Macedonian War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC between Rome and the Antigonid dynasty represents the start of the true power of Rome, and the end of the Antigonid line, Macedonian kings whose power traces to Alexander the Great.
The exact cause of the start of the battle differs across reports; one story is that Paullus waited until late enough in the day for the sun not to be in the eyes of his troops, and then sent an unbridled horse forward to bring about alarm.
Although the battle is often considered to be a victory of the Roman legion's flexibility over the phalanx's inflexibility, some argue that the loss was actually due to a failure of command on the part of Perseus.
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 Everything about 326 BCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
- Battle of the Allia and subsequent Gaulish sack of Rome
Darius fled this battle in such a panic for his life that he left behind his wife, his children, his mother, and much of his personal treasure.
Ultimately, the conflict was settled after the Battle of Ipsus in Phrygia in 301 BC.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Porus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Porus fought the battle of the Hydaspes River with Alexander in 326 BC.
After his assassination, his son Malayketu ascended the throne with the help of Eudamus.
However, Malayketu was killed in the Battle of Gabiene in 317 BC.
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The two Diadochi sparred in several battles before finally meeting in what was to be the last clash at Gabiene.
He was actually present at the battle of Gabiene, so provides us with a detailed, relatively rare eyewitness account of a Hellenistic battle).
Normally a cavalry attack onto the rear of a pursuing phalanx is a foregone conclusion, but the battle hardened veterans calmly formed a large square and safely marched off the field.
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 Everything about Velites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Later, the dragoons of the 17th century were the light infantry skirmishers of their day – lightly-armed and armoured infantrymen who rode into battle but dismounted to fight.
In battle, the principes were meant to counter attack if the hastati happened to fail in the initial engagement.
- 113–101 BC - migration of the Cimbri and the Teutons, defeated at the battles of Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae
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 Greeks Or The Romans - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
His counterpart in the battle, Eumeles, had 6, 000 cavalry; 11, 000 light infantry (not counting what was on the left wing because it is unspecified); 80 elephants; and 17, 000 heavy infantry.
Battle of Gabiene - Antigonus has 9, 000 cavalry; 22, 000 heavy infantry; 65 elephants; and an unspecified number of light infantry.
Eumeles's force isn't really covered well for this battle - our only exact numbers being the 17, 000 heavy infantry in the center and the 60 elephants on the left wing (no numbers on the cavalry or light troops and the additional elephants in front of the center).
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 DBA Battle Scenarios
The Battle of the Brewery (multi-player, generic scenario suitable for all periods)
Don't forget to name the battle and identify the year in which it was fought (even if fictional or speculative).
Here is a Battle Template that you can download for use; just make sure to open and edit the file in a Courier or other non-proportional type font.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 962 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
While yet very young, he was married to Phila, the daughter of Antipater and widow of Craterus, a woman of the noblest character, but considerably older than himself, in consequence of which it was not without difficulty that he was persuaded by Antigonus to consent to the match.
29.) The following year he commanded the whole right wing of the army of Antigonus in the second battle of Gabiene (Id. xix.
Ptolemy in­vaded Syria with a large army; and Demetrius, contrary to the advice of the more experienced generals whom his father had left with him as a council of war, hastened to give him battle at Gaza, but was totally defeated and lost the greater part of his army.
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 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.06.30
For example, in the author's view, Hieronymus' account of the battle of Orcynia between Antigonus and Eumenes is coloured by the fact that Hieronymus served under both.
Although the author provides a good account of the decisive battles in the east, his main focus is on the challenges to Eumenes' authority, and the responses of the latter, during this period.
In Schäfer's view, it was the loss of the baggage-train to Antigonus' forces during the battle of Gabiene that led a number of Eumenes' officers subsequently to desert and hand him over to Antigonus, not anger at being forced to serve under a Greek (pp.
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 ★ Reviews of books about greece
There is a tendency to see ancient battles as little more than bloody scrums, with none of the tactical art, deception, or finesse of modern battle.
Surprisingly, there is not a single battle map in the book, as he is for the most part concerned with how armies fight and not the results of single battles.
All over the history, civilizations, kingdoms and states have emerged, survived or obliterated based in their skill to win battle after battle (not only at the battlefields but also at the political arena).
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 Greek Military History
Krentz, "Casualties in Hoplite Battle" GRBS 26, 1 (1985) 13-20.
Baillie Reynolds, P.K. "The Shield Signal at the Battle of Marathon," JHS 49 (1929), 100-105.
Hunt, P., "Helots at the Battle of Plataea," Historia 46 (1997), pp.
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 Eudemus (general)
He by this means became very powerful, and in 317 BC brought to the support of Eumenes in the war against Antigonus a force of 3500 men and 125 elephants.
With these he rendered him active service in the first battle of Gabiene, but seems nevertheless to have been jealous of him, and joined in the conspiracy of Antigenes and Teutamus against him, though he was afterwards induced to divulge their plans.
After the surrender of Eumenes, Eudemus was put to death by order of Antigonus, to whom he had always shewn a marked hostility.
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