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Kings and Generals animated documentary series on the history of Ancient World and Ancient Greece continues with the first video in the wars of the Diadochi - successors of Alexander of Macedon. Previously, we have covered Alexander's conquest of Persia ([ Ссылка ]) and his campaign in India, as well as his reforms, plans and death ([ Ссылка ]). In the aftermath of his death, his generals - the Diadochi, started dividing his empire during the Council of Babylon and deciding who will rule the empire. Meleager's coup attempt failed and he was killed. To the west, the Greek city-states led by Athens rebelled against Antipater, leading to the Lamian War, while in Asia, Ptolemy famously stole Alexander's body, striking one of the first blow of the coming war ([ Ссылка ]). This led to the First War of the Diadochi in which an alliance led by Perdiccas and Eumenes faced the alliance led by Antipater and Ptolemy at the battles of Camel's Rampart, Hellespont, Orkynia and Cretopolis in 321–319 BC, which Antipater and Ptolemy won, dividing the empire again during the Partition of Triparadeisos ([ Ссылка ]), which in turn led to the Second War of the Diadochi, the battles of Coprates river, Athens, Megalopolis, Gabiene and Paraitakene, the end of Eumenes, as well as Philip III Arrhidaeus and Olympias ([ Ссылка ]). Initially, the winners were in accord, but at some point, new alliances formed with Antigonos on one side and Ptolemy and Seleucus on the other, leading to the Third Diadochi War and the battle of Gaza of 312 BC ([ Ссылка ]). For Seleucus, this morphed into the Babylonian war, as he had to defend against Antigonus during the sieges of Babylon and the battle of 25 Abu ([ Ссылка ]). As Ptolemy was trying to expand into Mediterranean, the clash with the Antigonus became inevitable, leading to the Fourth War of the Diadochi and the battle of Salamis ([ Ссылка ]) and Rhodes ([ Ссылка ]). The fate of Antigonus and his empire in 301 BC at Ipsus - the most important battle of the Diadochi era.

Other videos on Alexander and Macedon:
Persianization of Alexander: [ Ссылка ]
How Rome Conquered Greece: [ Ссылка ]
Philip II and Macedonian Phalanx: [ Ссылка ]
Philip II's Cavalry and Siegecraft: [ Ссылка ]
Military Reforms of Alexander the Great: [ Ссылка ]
Alexander the Great: Logistics: [ Ссылка ]
Special Forces of Alexander the Great: [ Ссылка ]
Ancient Macedonia before Alexander the Great and Philip II: [ Ссылка ]
Why were Alexander's Body and Tomb So Important? [ Ссылка ]
What happened to Alexander's tomb? [ Ссылка ]
Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths: [ Ссылка ]

The video was made by MalayArcher ([ Ссылка ]), while the script was researched and written by Christos Nicolaou. This video was narrated by Officially Devin ([ Ссылка ] & [ Ссылка ]). Art by Banskie Ayuban.

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00:00 Intro
01:58 CHAPTER I: Seleukos' conflicts in the east
04:28 CHAPTER II: The coalition's counter offensive
05:57 Battle of Ipsus
09:11 CHAPTER III: It's over! The Antigonids have fallen.
10:33 CHAPTER IV: Demetrios in Greece
11:26 CHAPTER V: The alliance shifted
13:13 : CHAPTER VI: The swift fall of the Antipatrids.
15:23 : CHAPTER VII: Rise from the ashes
16:25 : CHAPTER VIII: The war is not over ye

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