On either the 10th or 11th of June, 323 BCE, Alexander the Great died in Babylon at age 32. His empire would be divided among four of his generals, including Cassander and Ptolemy. His longtime comrade, Cassander, would order the execution of Alexander’s wife Roxana, Alexander’s son by her, and Alexander’s mother Olympias to consolidate his power as the new King of Macedonia (a title he would later lose to Antigonus and his heirs). Ptolemy stole Alexanders corpse as it was en route to Macedon and spirited it away to Egypt in hope of securing the prophecy that the land in which it was laid to rest would be prosperous and unconquerable. He would found the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt which would last until 31 BCE.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:48:48 +0000
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