The Wars of the Diadochi and the Division of Alexander’s Empire, 323–281 BC | Calm Bedtime History
In June 323 BC, Alexander died in the royal palace at Babylon after a decade of conquest. Around him stood commanders, queens and soldiers who still possessed an empire, but no adult heir able to command it. Their settlement would carry Alexander’s name across the eastern Mediterranean for forty-two more years, while his generals fought to decide what that name meant.
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