Following the Death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE the great question remained, who was to rule? This was a question that would take 40 years and a vast amount of blood to solve, but it all started here in the partition of Babylon as his successors the Diadochi fought for dominance before their late king was even buried.
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Modern Sources:
Alexander Meeus ‘The Power Struggle of the Diadochi in Babylon, 323 BC’ in Ancient Society, 2008, Vol. 38, Peeters Publishers.
David Braund ‘After Alexander: the Emergence of the Hellenistic World, 323-281’ in A Companion to the Hellenistic World, Andrew Erskine (Ed.), Malden.
Peter Green Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age. University of California Press. 1990
R.M. Errington ‘From Babylon to Triparadeisos: 323-320 B.C.’ in The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 90 1970.
Ancient Sources:
Arrian Events after Alexander in Jacoby FGrH 156
Diodorus Library of History 17-18
Justin Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' Philippic Histories 13.4.3
Plutarch Alexander
Plutarch Eumenes
Quintus Curtius Rufus 10