323 Bc

Events

• Alexander the Great dies. His generals—Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Antipater, Seleucus I Nicator, Ptolemy, Eumenes and Lysimachus—fight over control of the vast Macedonian Empire he leaves behind. Start of the Ptolemaic Empire and the Seleucid Empire.
• Alexander the Great's posthumous son Alexander IV is declared King of Macedon and co-ruler with his uncle Philip III (Alexander's half-brother).

Births

• Alexander IV of Macedon, son of Alexander the Great.

Deaths

• June 10 - Alexander the Great, king of Macedon and conqueror of Persia (b. 356 BC)
• June 10 - Diogenes of Sinope, philosopher (b. c. 412 BC)
• Meleager, general of Alexander - summarily executed

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