Eumenes

the successors of Alexander to express royal ambition, I will be discussing how long it took, in what ways and whether or not any of them were intent on the maintaining of the empire as a whole, to this I will be looking at Ptolemy, Perdiccas and Eumenes. After Alexander’s death, there was a political vacuum, this vacuum was temporarily filled due to the initial settlement in Babylon where they decided that the most important of the Friends and of the Bodyguard should take over the satrapies…” (

were to confront Eumenes in Anatolia while Antipater continued south towards Perdiccas and Egypt. Nearly ten days after Neoptolemus’s betrayal, the forces of Eumenes and Craterus faced each other some where in the Hellespont. Craterus was confident in victory, as he expected Eumenes’s Macedonian troops to quickly join him. Eumenes however had other ideas. Knowing that his Macedonian troops would never fight against Craterus, one of the most revered generals at the time, Eumenes devised a solution

because even though the others wanted to be sole rulers at first, they could agree that they weren’t to be engulfed by the Antigonids. Pyrrhus saw the opportunity to pounce on a weak Macedonian state and controlled Macedonia for a little while himself. Eumenes was given the opportunity to side with Antigonus and become second fiddle to him, but his pride

Alexander the Great conquered all the known world in 336 B.C. He united all of Greece and built an empire, but he dies 13 years later. The period from 323 B.C. to 31 B.C. is known as the Hellenistic period. The word Hellenistic comes from the word hellenize which means to spread Greek influence. After Alexander’s death, his empire divided into four kingdoms: Syria (the kingdom of the Seleucids), Egypt, Pergamum, and Macedonia. Farther east in Syria, the Hellenistic rulers of the new kingdoms

The Altar of Zeus is a giant monument constructed during the reign of King Eumenes II (The Altar of Zeus: Pergamon), which located on a terrace of the Acropolis in Pergamon. Since the Pergamene King regarded his country as the successor of the Greek culture, there were numerous sculptural monuments built to commemorate their military achievement and declare their roles as inheritors of Athens. The Altar of Zeus is one of them, as well as the library and the sanctuary of Athena that are located in

It is reasonable enough to say that the Altar of Zeus was an architectural transition from the previous model of Parthenon for that they were built with many similarities yet distinguished in noticeable details. The artistic transition from the Parthenon to the Altar of Zeus represent the evolution from disciplined Athenian to a more dramatic Hellenistic culture, because of the uncontrollable instability of the later 2nd century B.C.E. The Altar of Zeus transitioned from Parthenon’s traditional

was portrayed in every stage and walk of life. There was even interest in caricature. Landscapes and interiors appeared for the first time in both relief’s and painted panels. The great Altar of Zeus from Pergamum, created by Greek artists for King Eumenes 2, was enclosed by a high podium documented with a monumental frieze of the battle between the gods and the giants. Many Hellenistic tendencies were realized in this work. The baroque style of the sculpture was characteristic of the time in its exaggeration

Sumarians, an ancient group of people who lived in southern Mesopotamia around 3500 BC, are attributed with the very first attempts to transcribe symbols onto moveable materials. The Sumarians developed a ‘cuneiform’ alphabet, which were then etched into clay tablets with a triangle shaped stylus called a ‘calamus’ and then allowed to dry or fired in a kiln to make them last as long as possible. The Sumarians are speculated to be the earliest people to ever use the first known written system in the

6. What were the major factors that led to clashes between Rome and the Hellenistic kingdoms, down to 146 B.C.? Can one decide what proportion of the responsibility for these clashes belongs to Rome, to the Hellenistic "great powers" (the Antigonids, Seleucids and Ptolemies) and to the minor players?   This essay will what were the major factors that led to clashes between Rome and the Hellenistic kingdom, down to 146 B.C. A brief history of Rome’s increasing involvement in the Hellenistic area

Attalus played an important role during the first (214-205 B.C) and second (200-197 B.C) Macedonian Wars. In contrast to his previous engagements with Gauls and Seleucids, he didn’t acquire too much territories but instead he gained political power and prestige, among Romans and Greeks, for his Pergamum Empire throughout the war. During the first Macedonian Attalus wasn’t yet an official ally with Romans. Instead, he supported Rome and its allies due to his alliance with Aetolian league10. Livy (Founding