Battle of Orkynia

Battle of Orkynia
	Part of the Wars of the Diadochi
Date	319 BCE
Location	near Orkynia (in Cappadocia); (modern-day Turkey)
Result	Antigonid victory
Belligerents
Antipater and Antigonus	Perdiccan faction
Commanders and leaders
Antigonus	Eumenes
Strength
12,000 total 10,000 infantry; 2,000 cavalry; 30 elephants; ;	25,000 total 20,000 infantry; 5,000 cavalry; ;
Casualties and losses
Light	8,000

The Battle of Orkynia was fought in 319 BCE 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.