Sunday, April 28, 2019

Dividing The Spoils -- April 28, 2019

One of several posts on this book. Scroll down for more.

Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Greta's Empire, Robin Waterfield, c. 2011. 


There may be some errors below; will correct later.

Chapter 1: sets the stage; his death; his legacy.

Chapter 2: Alexander died in Babylon; the Babylon conferences; since almost all of the major players were in Babylon at time of his death, where he died, that's where "the fight" for his empire began.

Chapter 3: Greek rebellion -- west and then the east.

Chapter 4: Perdiccas, Ptolemy and Aexander's corpse; two of the less than a dozen in his inner circle.

Chapter 5: First war of the successors. Asia Minor / Egypt / Ptolemy survives.

Chapter 6: Polyperchon's moment. Where did Polyperchon come from; first time I see his name. Antigonus, age 80, on his deathbed, decrees that Polyperchon will be his successor, the European regent. Antigonus' son Cassander will not be the successor. Wow. Cassander will be second-in-command to Polyperchon. Polyperchon was Alexander's choice. The Polyperchon regency.

Chapter 7: The triumph of Cassandra. Cassander vs Polyperchon. The second war of the successors. Cassander takes control.

Chapter 8: Hunting Eumenes in Iran; Antigonus in Phrygia at time of Alexander's death. The eastern satrapies.

Chapter 9: Antigonus; Lord of Asia; Cassander in Greece

Chapter 10: the restoration of Seleucus -- commander of the shield-bearers; Battle of Gaza; return of Seleucus.

Chapter 11: warfare in Greece; the end of the Argeads.

Chapter 12: the end of Antigonus; Asia Minor/Phrygia. Antigonids.

Chapter 13: The kingdoms of Ptolemy and Seleucus.

Chapter 14: Demetrius resurgent. Demetrius, where did he come from? Demetrius the Besieger. Seizes the throne of Macedon.

Chapter 15: the fall of Demetrius. That didn't last long. Greece.

Chapter16: the last successors. Lysimachus -- parts of Greece. Last man standing. Seleucus, p. 206.

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