Celaenae
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Celaenae or Kelainai was an ancient city of Phrygia and capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia, near the source of the Maeander River in what is today west central Turkey, and was situated
Surrender of Celaenae to Alexander the Great in medieval manuscript.
Eumenes
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Eumenes was a Greek general, satrap, and successor of Alexander the Great. He participated in the Wars of Alexander the Great, serving as Alexander's personal secretary and later on as a battlefield c
Gold stater (319-317 BC) of the Macedonian mint at Susa. Eumenes struck the coin to fund his war against Antigonus I Monophthalmus. Athena depicted left, Nike depicted right.
The single combat between Eumenes of Cardia and Neoptolemus, 1878 engraving. Eumenes and Neoptolemus are said to have shared a "most violent hatred" with one another.
Coin of Philip III Arrhidaius struck under Perdiccas in Babylon, circa 323-320 BC. Though Eumenes would claim to fight for the joint kings, it is not probable he ever saw them in person after 321 BC.
Print made in the late 17th century, depicting Eumenes, by M. Burg.