The Diadochi: The History of Alexander the Great's Successors and the Wars that Divided His Empire

On his deathbed, some historians claim that when he was pressed to name a successor, Alexander muttered that his empire should go ¿to the strongest¿. Other sources claim that he passed his signet ring to his general Perdiccas, thereby naming him successor, but whatever his choices were or may have been, they were ignored. Alexander's generals, all of them with the loyalty of their own corps at their backs, would tear each other apart in a vicious internal struggle that lasted almost half a ...