After Alexander

Antipater’s regency would be as short as it was rich in foreshadowing. With the appointment of Antigonus to try and flush out the pro-Perdiccas outlaws in Anatolia led by Eumenes, the groundwork was set for an eventual showdown between the satraps, who are increasingly shouldering off the burdens of the state. After all, with the king a minor, who’s going to stop them?

Sources for this episode:

With Perdiccas getting too close to power for the liking of several major figures, it should hardly be a surprise that the First War of the Successors is about to begin. However, the tensions which have been building will not erupt over some grand territorial dispute or even the threat of an unwanted kingship. Instead, we’re going to witness an ancient Greek version of a body-snatching…

Sources for this episode:

When Alexander died, there was initially one king- Philip III, Alexander’s half-brother. By the end of the next year, there were two kings- after the birth of Alexander’s only certified, legitimate son. However, the seemingly peaceful transfer from one regnal name to another hides all sorts of jostling going on in the background. Not quite yet violent struggles, but trust me, we’ll get there…

Sources for this episode:

Welcome to After Alexander! In this introductory episode, we’re going to briefly skim over the period from the formation of the Persian Empire to the death of Alexander, the man who eventually conquered it and died unexpectedly in 323 BCE.  This episode is essentially a filler episode with a quick bit of context.

Some information used is from the Wikipedia page for Alexander the Great, and there are also some useful YouTube videos covering some of this information on the Overly Sarcastic Productions/Kings and Generals/Crash Course channels. Sources will be more academic in the future, but this is just a brief summary and I thought I'd write down where my schoolboy knowledge came from...