Second War of the Diadochi

Second War of the Diadochi
Date319–315 BC
Location
Alexander's former empire
Result
  • Cassanderian victory
  • Cassander succeeds as Regent of Macedon
Territorial
changes
  • Antigonus takes over Eumenes' Asian territories, giving him a central location in Alexander's former empire, which leaves him vulnerable for the Third War of the Diadochi.
  • Cassander takes over Macedon as Regent
  • Polyperchon flees to the Peloponnesus, still in charge of Corinth and Sicyon.
Belligerents
Polyperchon's faction Cassander's faction
Commanders and leaders
Polyperchon
Eumenes Executed
Olympias Executed
Aeacides of Epirus
Cassander
Antigonus
Ptolemy
Lysimachus
Eurydice Executed
Philip Arrhidaeus  Executed

The Second War of the Diadochi was the conflict between the coalition of Polyperchon (as Regent of the Empire), Olympias and Eumenes and the coalition of Cassander, Antigonus, Ptolemy and Lysimachus following the death of Cassander's father, Antipater (the old Regent).[1]