Ptolemy, who has distinguished himself as a …
Years: 323BCE - 323BCE
Ptolemy, who has distinguished himself as a cautious and trustworthy troop commander under Alexander, will also prove to be a politician of unusual diplomatic and strategic ability in the long series of struggles over the throne that break out after Alexander's death in 323.
Convinced from the outset that the generals cannot maintain the unity of Alexander's empire, he proposes during the council at Babylon, which follows Alexander's death, that the satrapies (the provinces of the huge empire) be divided among the generals.
Locations
People
- Alexander the Great
- Antipater
- Craterus
- Eumenes of Cardia
- Leonnatus
- Lysimachus
- Nearchus
- Perdiccas
- Philip III Arrhidaeus
- Ptolemy I Soter
- Roxana
- Seleucus I
