Battle of Orkynia

Belligerents Anti-Perdiccan coalition Perdiccan coalitionCommanders and leadersAntigonosEumenesStrength 10,000 infantry
2,000 cavalry
30 elephants 20,000 infantry
5,000 cavalryCasualties 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.