Episode 2.2 - The Diadochi Part 2 - Perdiccas and Eumenes
/Perdiccas uses his role as the regent to the Macedonian kings to try to consolidate power. But the other Diadochi - Ptolemy in Egypt, Antipater in Europe, and Antigonus in Anatolia - have plans of their own
Sources:
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotecha Historica (Library of History)
James Romm, Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
Robin Waterfield, Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire
Arrian, Events After Alexander
Plutarch, Parallel Lives
Polyaenus, Strategems
Names Mentioned
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