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==== Conquest of Pisidia, Isauria, Larandia ==== [[File:Coin of Ariarathes I of Cappadocia, minted in Gaziura.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Coin of [[Ariarathes I of Cappadocia|Ariarathes I]], minted in [[Gaziura]], dated 333β322 BC. Perdiccas defeat and execution of the 82 year old Ariarathes, among his other conquests in Asia Minor, brought him to the height of his power.{{sfn|Anson|2014|p=51}}]] Having settled Cappadocia, Perdiccas planned to send Eumenes to subdue the [[Satrapy of Armenia]], which was being mismanaged by [[Neoptolemus (general)|Neoptolemus]].{{sfn|Heckel|2016|p=173. Neoptolemus may have been sent in the first place by Perdiccas to defeat the remnants of Ariarathes' supporters, who had fled east after their destruction by Perdiccas}} He marched with Eumenes to Cilicia in the autumn of 322 BC and added the formidable [[Silver Shields]] to his army.{{sfn|Anson|2014|p=49}} Perdiccas then gave Eumenes his orders,{{sfn|Anson|2015|pp=88, 89}} and marched to [[Pisidia]]. The native [[Isaurians]] and [[Karaman|Larandians]] living here had revolted, murdering Alexander's satrap.{{sfn|Heckel|2016|p=174}} Perdiccas campaigned against them next, easily conquering and destroying their cities in "short and brutal struggles", acquiring great amounts of [[Looting|plunder]] and prestige; "Victorious in the field ... Perdiccas now enjoyed his greatest success".{{sfn|Heckel|2016|p=174}}{{sfn|Anson|2014|p=51. Perdiccas may have appointed his brother Alcetas to command of Pisidia following his conquest of it}}{{sfn|Green|1990|p=12}}
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