The Death of Alexander the Great Explained
Exploring the bloody crisis that followed Alexander the Great’s untimely death.
Dan Snow's History Hit · History Hit
June 29, 20221h 4m
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Show Notes
<p>Alexander the Great’s untimely death at Babylon in 323 BC triggered an unprecedented crisis across his continent-spanning empire.</p><br><p>Within a couple of days, the very chamber in which he died witnessed a gore-soaked showdown between his previously united commanders and soldiers. Within a fortnight, Babylon saw the first siege of the post-Alexander age.</p><br><p>In this special explainer episode to mark the anniversary of Alexander’s death, Tristan brings to life the imperial implosion that was the immediate aftermath of the Macedonian king's death - a subject he knows one or two things about, seeing as he’s written a book on it!</p><br><p>Tristan’s book <em>The Perdiccas Years, 323-320 BC (Alexander's Successors at War)</em> is available on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perdiccas-Years-323-Alexanders-Successors/dp/1526775115" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>This episode was produced by Elena Guthrie and mixed by Aidan Lonergan. It contains translations of contemporary speeches by JC Yardsley & music from Epidemic Sound.</p><br><p>If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at <a href="https://access.historyhit.com/?utm_source=audio&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Podcast+Campaign&utm_id=Podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>History Hit</strong></a> - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the<strong> </strong><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.historyhit&hl=en_GB&gl=US" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Android</strong></a> or <a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/history-hit/id1303668247" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Apple</strong></a> store.</p><br><p><br></p><br><p><strong>Further Reading - Primary Sources </strong></p><br><p>Arrian Events After Alexander 1.1–1.9A.</p><br><p>Curtius 10.5–10.10.</p><br><p>Diodorus Siculus 18.1–18.6.</p><br><p>Justin 13.1–13.4.</p><br><p>Plutarch Life of Eumenes 3.</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>Secondary Sources </strong></p><br><p>Anson, E. (1992), ‘Craterus and the Prostasia’, Classical Philology 87 (1), 38–43.</p><br><p>Anson, E. (2015), Eumenes of Cardia, Leiden, 58–77.</p><br><p>Bosworth, A. B. (2002), The Legacy of Alexander: Politics, Warfare, and Propaganda under the Successors, New York, 29–63.</p><br><p>Errington, R. M. (1970), ‘From Babylon to Triparadeisos: 323–320 bc’, The Journal of Hellenic Studies 90, 49–59.</p><br><p>Meeus, A. (2008), ‘The Power Struggle of the Diadochoi in Babylon, 323bc’, Ancient Society 38, 39–82.</p><br><p>Meeus, A. (2009), ‘Some Institutional Problems concerning the Succession to Alexander the Great: “Prostasia” and Chiliarchy’, Historia 58 (3), 287–310.</p><br><p>Mitchell, L. (2007), ‘Born to Rule? Succession in the Argead Royal House’, in W. Heckel., L. Tritle and P. Wheatley (eds.), Alexander’s Empire: Formulation to Decay, California, 61–74.</p><br><p>Worthington, I. (2016), Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt, New York, 71–86</p>
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