Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Eumenes II

Battles of Eumenes II

King of Pergamon from 197 to 159 BC, 221 BC to 159 BC

Eumenes II is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 195 BC and 171 BC: 3 battles and 1 naval action across 2 present-day countries, most in Greece (2), Turkey (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 925 km apart end to end, 308 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Roman–Seleucid War (2), Third Macedonian War (1).

Battle of GythiumBattle of CorycusBattle of MagnesiaBattle of CallinicusBattle of GythiumBattle of CorycusBattle of MagnesiaBattle of CallinicusAthensİzmirPatraKalamataBalıkesirSökeAgrinioChalkidaRodosMitilini200 km38.197N, 24.927E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

195 BC: 1 engagements1 in 195 BC191 BC: 1 engagements1 in 191 BC190 BC: 1 engagements1 in 190 BC171 BC: 1 engagements1 in 171 BC195 BC171 BC
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Gythium, 195 BCBattle of Corycus, 191 BCBattle of Magnesia, 190 BCBattle of Callinicus, 171 BC195 BC171 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
195 BCBattle of GythiumGytheio, GreeceAllied Victory
September 191 BCBattle of CorycusCorycus (Ionia), Turkey386 km NERoman–Pergamene victory
190 BCBattle of MagnesiaManisa, Turkey93 km NERoman-Pergamene victory
171 BCBattle of CallinicusLarissa, Greece447 km WGreek victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.