Sad End of Alexander's Empire - Diadochi Wars - Every Battle, Full Story

Download Warhammer 40,000 Tacticus for free here - https://play.tacticusgame.com/KingsAndGenerals Use code OCTWELCOME to get 2,000 gold and 50 Blackstone. Available until Nov 10th 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 and his campaign in India, as well as his reforms, plans and death. 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. 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, 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. 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 and the campaigns of Demetrius against the Nabateans. 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. 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 and Rhodes. The fate of Antigonus and his empire in 301 BC at Ipsus - the most important battle of the Diadochi era. The end of the Diadochi Wars came with the struggle for Macedon and the battle of Kouropedion, and was followed by the Celtic Invasion and the Syrian Wars between the Ptolemies and the Seleucids, and then finally the Hellenistic Age. Other videos on Alexander and Macedon: Persianization of Alexander: https://youtu.be/5YPUhomJ_Dw How Rome Conquered Greece: https://youtu.be/v5q1rerf-qw Philip II and Macedonian Phalanx: https://youtu.be/OdlKvZIHgMY Philip II's Cavalry and Siegecraft: https://youtu.be/SDpORfsil0c Military Reforms of Alexander the Great: https://youtu.be/C8DzzseqBMw Alexander the Great: Logistics: https://youtu.be/ahfyIxLlbGA Special Forces of Alexander the Great: https://youtu.be/pdwplYV9ilM Ancient Macedonia before Alexander the Great and Philip II: https://youtu.be/FXX1FVYysjQ Why were Alexander's Body and Tomb So Important? https://youtu.be/9V9CXcH07Ic What happened to Alexander's tomb? https://youtu.be/dOg_OoNkCJc Alexander the Great in Quran and Middle Eastern Myths: https://youtu.be/Y2ne_VCsv9U The video was made by MalayArcher (https://www.youtube.com/user/MathemedicUpdates), while the script was researched and written by Christos Nicolaou. This video was narrated by Officially Devin (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0-VII-V376zFxiRGMeZGg & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ). Art by Banskie Ayuban. ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsandgenerals ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals ✔ Podcast ►http://www.kingsandgenerals.net/podcast/ ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/Kings_Generals Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DgMhMMdDrM1IzkGafW36vUUAgITf0EOLlnIMvPLYZjY/edit?usp=sharing Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com #Documentary #Alexander #Diadochi 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:13 The Lamian War 00:18:59 The First war of Diadochi 00:35:55 The Second war of Diadochi 00:53:32 The Third war of Diadochi 01:04:00 The Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations 01:09:46 The Third war continues 01:14:20 The Babylonian war 01:31:12 The Fourth war Diadochi 01:46:06 Battle of Rhodes 02:01:47 Battle of Ipsus 02:17:05 The succession crisis of the Diadochi 02:27:11 The Gallic invasion of Greece 02:38:55 The Ptoelemic-Seleucid Syrian Wars 03:05:23 The Hellenistic age