Second War of the Diadochi

Second War of the Diadochi
Date319–315 BC
Location
Alexander the Great's former empire
Result Cassander succeeds as Regent of the Macedon Empire
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
  • 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]