wars of the diadochi

Alexander the Great died on June 10, 323 BC, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Macedon and the rest of Greece in Europe to the Indus valley in South Asia. The empire had no clear successor, with the Argead family, at this point, consisting of Alexander's mentally disabled...

Demetrius looked out towards the Rhodian Harbor his attempts to take the Rhodian harbor had so far failed the Rhodians had failed he wasn't sure what move to make next he might need to focus more on the land attacks and create a siege engine similar to the one at Salamis one year ago a then a...

-Prologue- A painting showing the fabled fight between Archangel Michael & the Garrods of the East “Verily, The Winged Beasts of the East confronted Michael in the skies above Jerusalem. Michael confronted the Garrod [1] of the East, accusing them of wickedness as the descendants of the foul...

what if alexander has an adult son with Cleopatra euridyce daughter of general Attalus in 344 after he was married to her in 344 by his father who as a reward for his taming bucephalis and took him and her with him in campaigns along with him to teach his knowledge and experiece to his son to...

The Battle of the Persian Gate was the Achaemenid Empire's last act of resistance against Alexander the Great. After an ambush that caused heavy casualties among the Macedonians, the Persians held the pass for a month before the invaders found an alternate path through the terrain (the battle...

Peithon was one of the most powerful men in the Macedonian empire following the death of Alexander the Great, holding the satrapy of Media. While Perdiccas, wary of giving too much power to potential enemies, broke off a portion of Media and gave it to Atropates, a Persian nobleman and...

Before Eumenes had his famous confrontations and battles with Antigonus in Persia proper, he initially raised forces in Phoenicia, acquired treasure from Cyinda, and won the allegiance of the Silver Shields, the famed veterans of Philip II and Alexander's campaigns, setting up a shrine to...

In late 321 BC, Perdiccas had attempted to invade Egypt to bring Ptolemy to heel, and also to bring back the body of Alexander which had been so blatantly hijacked. His invasion was a disaster, costing thousands of lives, and Perdiccas was murdered by a conspiracy consisting of Peithon...

While Alexander did have legal heirs IOTL, they were essentially puppets with no real power, especially Philip Arrhidaeus, mentally disabled and with the thinking capacities of a child, while Alexander IV was posthumously born. There was an illegitimate son born by Barsine named Heracles, but he...

The POD is that Alexander lives longer, but only for long enough to conquer Arabia and to conquer Carthage, as well as impose some status of vassalage or tributary status on the Greek cities of Magna Graecia, and to keep the Italian tribes quiet, but that he suffers a fatal wound that kills him...

While the reunification of Alexander's empire was a dream for many of the diadochi, nobody managed to do it in a long-term manner. Many tried, but it proved epheremal. But Antigonus came very close to reuniting the whole thing, up until Seleucus and the Babylonian War. By Ipsus he still had a...

The Antigonid-Nabataean confrontations were a series of skirmishes and battles fought between the Antigonids and Nabataeans, that started when Antigonus and Demetrius learned of the wealth of the Nabataeans from taxing and providing protection to caravans carrying valuable products such as...

On June 11th, 323 BC, Alexander died, and the world changed forever. While it was tensely agreed that Perdiccas would become regent, there was debate as to whether Philip Arrhidaeus would become king, or Roxane's unborn child, and Meleager, an infantry captain, took advantage and attempted a...

Alexander IV was the son of Alexander the Great and Roxane, and he never had much real power. Effectively serving as a figurehead his whole life, the last attempt he had at ever becoming a real ruler was Olympias' attempt to eject Cassander and secure the Macedonian throne for her grandson, and...

In 321 BC, after Perdiccas had failed miserably on his campaign in Egypt to subdue Ptolemy, his army marched back, and the anti-Perdiccan factions gathered at Triparadeisos to divide the empire and figure out the post-war situation. Ptolemy was offered the regency, but declined, and Peithon and...

Seleucus was one of the longest-lived and most successful Diadochi, managing to take all of Alexander's empire, save for Egypt, by the time of his assassination in 281 BC. However, he was a very minor character at the start, and only received a satrapy after Perdiccas had been killed. He...

IOTL, what could've been a destructive, wide-ranging conflict over many decades and involving many power-hungry generals all eager to get a piece of the pie that was the empire of Megas Alexandros(OOC:Alexander the Great) was partially averted when regent Perdikkas quickly cracked down on the...

In 321 BC, the First War of the Diadochi had broken out. Perdiccas was arrayed against Ptolemy, Antigonus, Antipater, Craterus, and Neoptolemus. Perdiccas sent an advance force to delay the advance of Craterus and Antipater, commanded by Eumenes, while Perdiccas dealt with Ptolemy. Ironically...

In 323 BC, Alexander the Great died in Babylon, and his empire was partitioned among his generals. Perdiccas became regent, and after a brief struggle with Meleager, established himself in power. One of the issues facing the empire was that the Cappadocian king Ariarathes I continued to hold out...

In 321 BC, the First War of the Diadochi had ended in disaster for Perdiccas, after failing to cross the Nile, he was murdered by his own generals. What if he had successfully crossed the river and managed to subdue Ptolemy, installing a friendly satrap in his stead. How would the Wars of the...