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  1. Diadochi

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    Following Alexander's death in Babylon, the assembled Macedonian nobility and officers—the hetairoi—were forced to address the vacuum of authority. The initial agreement, known as the Partition of Babylon (323 BCE), attempted to maintain nominal unity under two titular successors: Philip III Arrhidaeus (Alexander's developmentally challenged half-brother) and the unborn child of Alexander and Roxana, Alexander IV.
    Actual power was delegated to regents and leading generals, notably [Ptolemy I Soter](/entries/ptolemy-i…