Partition of Triparadisus

The Partition of Triparadisus was a power-sharing agreement passed at Triparadisus in 321 BC between the generals (Diadochi) of Alexander the Great, in which they named a new regent and arranged the repartition of the satrapies of Alexander's empire among themselves.[1][2][3] It followed and modified the Partition of Babylon made in 323 BC upon Alexander's death.[4][5]

Following the death of Alexander, the rule of his empire was given to his half-brother Philip Arrhidaeus and Alexander's son Alexander IV.[6] However, since Philip was mentally ill and Alexander IV born only after the death of his father, a regent was named in Perdiccas; in the meantime, the former generals of Alexander were named satraps of the various regions of his empire.[7]

Several satraps were eager to gain more power, and when Ptolemy I Soter, satrap of Egypt, rebelled with other generals, Perdiccas moved against the former but was killed by a mutiny in his camp. Ptolemy declined the regency and instead brought to the office Peithon and Arrhidaeus. This designation met the strong opposition of Eurydice, wife of Philip III, leading, in the meeting called in 321 BC at Triparadisus of all the generals, to their replacement with Antipater.[8] The meeting also proceeded to divide again the satrapies between the various generals.[9]

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  2. ^ Pitt 2016, p. 34, Chapter 2: Methodology.
  3. ^ Pitt 2016, p. 2, Chapter 1: Introduction.
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  5. ^ Tao, Jonathan C. (1 August 2021). "1. Religious Networks of Collaboration: Temple Elite and Scribal Community" (PDF). In Kearns, Catherine; Pillai, Sarath (eds.). Exploitation of Diversity: Seleucid Strategy of Cultural Interaction in Mesopotamia, 311 - 261 BC (PDF). UC Social Sciences Division (MSc). Chicago, Illinois, United States: University of Chicago (UC). p. 8. doi:10.6082/uchicago.3204.
  6. ^ Pitt 2016, p. 27, Chapter 2: Methodology.
  7. ^ Siculus 1933, pp. 5–87, Book XVIII.
  8. ^ Siculus 1933, pp. 191–263, Book XX.
  9. ^ Lloyd, Alan B. (13 November 2019). "Chapter 6. The Defence of Egypt in the Fourth Century BC: Forts and Sundry Failures". In Armstrong, Jeremy; Trundle, Matthew (eds.). Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean. Brill's Companions to Classical Studies: Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Vol. 3. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. pp. 111–134. doi:10.1163/9789004413740_007. ISBN 9789004413740. LCCN 2019040236. S2CID 213260321 – via Google Books.