Partition of Babylon

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The Partition of Babylon was the 323 BCE agreement among Alexander the Great’s generals that divided control of his vast empire and set the stage for the Wars of the Diadochi.

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Partition of Babylon canonical 4
Babylonian partition agreement 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political agreement
treaty
aimsTo maintain nominal unity of Alexander's empire
characterizedBy distribution of satrapies
temporary compromise among Diadochi
follows death of Alexander the Great
grantsTerritory Babylonia to Seleucus I Nicator
Egypt to Ptolemy I Soter
Macedon to Antipater
Phrygia to Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Thrace to Lysimachus
grantsTitle regent of the empire to Perdiccas
hasAlternativeName Partition of Babylon
surface form: Babylonian partition agreement

Babylonian settlement
hasCause lack of clear adult heir to Alexander the Great
power struggle among Alexander's generals
hasContext succession crisis after Alexander the Great
hasDate 323 BCE
hasLanguageContext Ancient Greek world
hasLocation Babylon
Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia

Macedon
surface form: Macedonian Empire
hasOutcome allocation of satrapies to generals
beginning of Wars of the Diadochi
division of Alexander the Great's empire
establishment of Perdiccas as regent
recognition of Philip III Arrhidaeus as king
recognition of unborn Alexander IV as king
hasParticipant Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Antipater
Philip III Arrhidaeus
surface form: Arrhidaeus (Philip III)

Eumenes of Cardia
Leonnatus
Lysimachus
Macedonian generals
Meleager
Peithon
Perdiccas
Ptolemy I Soter
Seleucus I Nicator
precedes Wars of the Diadochi
surface form: First War of the Diadochi

Partition of Triparadisus
surface form: Partition of Triparadeisos
relatedTo Alexander the Great
Hellenistic period
Macedon
surface form: Macedonian Empire

Wars of the Diadochi
timePeriod 4th century BCE

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Diadochi notableEvent Partition of Babylon
Seleucus I Nicator afterA Partition of Babylon
Partition of Babylon hasAlternativeName Partition of Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonian partition agreement
Partition of Triparadisus follows Partition of Babylon
Perdiccas notableEvent Partition of Babylon