Eumenes

Eumenes (361-315): secretary of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi.

361: Born in Cardia on the Thracian Chersonese
341: Secretary of king Philip II of Macedonia
336: Assassination of Philip (text); accession of Alexander the Great
334: Invasion of Asia
326: Commander of a military unit in the eastern Punjab
324: Marriages at Susa; Eumenes marries Artonis (text)
323: Death of Alexander in Babylon (text); settlement of Babylon (text); Eumenes made satrap of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia
321, December: Outbreak of the First Diadoch War (Antipater, Antigonus, Ptolemy Soter, and Craterus against Perdiccas and Eumenes)
320, April: Eumenes defeats Craterus
320, May: Death of Perdiccas; Conference of Triparadisus (text); end of First Diadoch War; Antigonus made supreme commander of the Macedonian forces in Asia; his task is to defeat Eumenes
319: Antigonus besieges Eumenes at Nora (text)
318: Outbreak of the Second Diadoch War (Polyperchon and Eumenes against Antigonus and Cassander, son of Antipater)
317: Antigonus pursues Eumenes to Gabae (text); Eumenes uses the cult for Alexander to gain support
315: Antigonus defeats Eumenes; his soldiers hand him over to Antigonus, who orders his execution