Battle of Cretopolis

Battle of Cretopolis (Kretopolis)
	Part of the Diadochi Wars
Date	319 BC
Location	near Cretopolis (in Pisidia/Asia Minor); (modern-day Büğdüz, Burdur, Turkey)
Result	Antigonid victory
Belligerents
Antipater and; Antigonus	Remnant Perdiccan Faction
Commanders and leaders
Antigonus Monophthalmus	Alketas (Perdiccas's brother); Attalos (Perdiccas's brother-in-law); Dokimos; Polemon (Attalos's brother)
Strength
40,000 infantry; 7,000 cavalry; 30 elephants	c. 20,000
Casualties and losses
very low	low

The Battle of Cretopolis (Kretopolis) was a battle in the wars of the successors of Alexander the Great (see Diadochi) between general Antigonus Monopthalmus and the remnants of the Perdiccan faction. It was fought near Cretopolis in Pisidia (a region of Asia Minor) in 319 BC and resulted in another stunning Antigonid victory (the second one that year).^[2]

^ ^a ^b Diodorus, Bibliotheca Historica XVIII 45,1.
^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica XVIII 44–45; Polyainos, strategemata IV 6,7.

[Diod18-1] Diodorus, Bibliotheca Historica XVIII 45,1.

[2] Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica XVIII 44–45; Polyainos, strategemata IV 6,7.

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