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Eumenes was a brilliant man and he was regarded in antiquity as one of the most brilliant men in the early Hellenistic World. Despite his limited military experience, he proved to be a brilliant leader and military tactician. However, he ultimately failed in his projects and his impact on the development of the Hellenistic World was negligible. His determination and strategy helped only to prolong the First War of the Diadochi. His was also a very significant factor in the Second Diadochi War and this was to lead to a civil war from Asia Minor to Iran and only further added to the fragmentation of the Empire that had been won by Alexander. The Greek attempted to keep alive the vision of Alexander of a great and unified Empire that would enable the unification of European and non-European, but he failed. Moreover, with his defeat, which marked the end of the Second Diadochi War, the fate of the Argead dynasty was sealed and soon passed into history.
====Further Reading====
* Bosworth, A. "History and artifice in Plutarch’s Eumenes." <i>In Plutarch and the historical tradition</i>, pp. 64-97 (London, Routledge, 2002). * Meeus, Alexander. "Alexander’s Image in the Age of the Successors." <i>Alexander the Great: A New History</i> (2009): 235-250. * Holt, Frank L. & Richard A. Billows. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520208803/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0520208803&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=9f4da9c281929fad7036a1f19e192db3 Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State]</i>. (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991)* Jouguet, Pierre. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415868017/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0415868017&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=57070b9023167e622b902ea166b0a134 Macedonian Imperialism] </i> (New York and London, Routledge, 2013)
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