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Alexander's Successors: The Settlement at Babylon

Alexander's Successors: The Settlement at Babylon (323-322). Alexander died in the afternoon of 11 June 323 BCE, in Babylon. Next day, his generals met to discuss the new situation. Under normal circumstances, they, as representatives of the Macedonian nation, had to choose a new king, and the obvious candidate would be the brother of the dead king...

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Ptolemy III Euergetes

Ptolemy (Ptolemaios) III Euergetes (Benefactor) Ptolemy III Euergetes I, (Ptolemaeus III) (Evergetes, Euergetes) (246 BC-222 BC). The third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, he was the eldest son of Ptolemy II of Egypt Philadelphus and Arsinoe II of Egypt. He came to power in 246 BC upon the death of his father. He is most noted for his inva...

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Cleopatra II

Cleopatra II (c.189-c.115): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire....

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Cleopatra Berenice III

Information about Cleopatra Berenice III the queen of the Ptolemaic Empire....

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Seleucus I

Maceonian King of Asia Seleucus (c. 358-281 B.C.), son of Antiochus (one of Philip's generals), fought in the Companion cavalry and later became commander of the crack heavy infantry formation, the Hypaspistae. He took Perdiccas' side immediately after Alexander's death, but was later instrumental in his murder following the failure of the Egyptian...

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Antiochus III The Great

Antiochus III the Great (Megas), (c. 241 - 187 BC, ruled 223 - 187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became ruler of the Seleucid kingdom as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. (His traditional designation, the Great, stems from a misconception of Megas Basileus (Great king), the traditional title of the Persian kings, which he adopted.)...

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Antiochus VII Sidetes

Antiochus VII Sidetes: name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 138 to 129 BC....

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The Election of Arridaeus

At the end of book ten his History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia,Quintus Curtius Rufus describes what happened in the days followingAlexander's death: Perdiccas was chosen as regent for Alexander's brotherArridaeus, and was, therefore, Alexander's successor. The chapters section 6-10 are given here in the translation of John Yardley....

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Lysimachus (c.360-281 BC)

Lysimachus was a Macedonian companion of Alexander the Great before he became king. During Alexander's campaigns in Asia he served as a member of Alexander's bodyguard, but he only came to prominence after Alexander's death. In the initial distribution of provinces at Babylon in 323 BC, Lysimachus was given Thrace, the crucial land bridge between M...

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Ptolemy IV Philopator

The Fourth King of Egypt's Greek Period. Under the Ptolemies, there was no real national foundation established for their rule in Egypt as the successor and son ofPtolemy III Euergetes, Ptolemy IV Philopator took the throne. These kings had been viewed by the local Egyptians with nothing more positive than resentful acquiescence. Basically, the Pto...

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