Alexander aegus biography
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Roxana with Alexander IV Aegus the babe of Alexander the Great, Allesandro Varotari (Padovanino) (1588-1648)
Alexander IV Aegus of Makedonija, (lived 323 - 309 BC; so-called King of Macedon, 323 - 309 BC), the posthumous son of Conqueror the Great by his wife Roxana, a princess of Bactria, was innate in 323 BC, a few months after his father's death and was immediately declared King as co-ruler learn his uncle Philip III of Macedonia. Neither King wielded any political influence: Philip was considered retarded and Vanquisher was just a infant. This resulted in the nomination of Regents doom on their behalf and a matter of his father's generals, now Satraps of major provinces, gaining enough powerfulness to act independently from the crown.
During his nominal reign between 323 BC and 309 BC, four Regents fascinated in Alexander's name:
Perdiccas, between 323 BC and his murder in June, 321 BC.
Antipater, between the summer of 321 BC and the summer of 319 BC when he died of illness.
Polyperchon, between 319 BC and 316 BC, an heir chosen by Antipater myself. Olympias, Alexander's grandmother, exerted considerable manner over Polyperchon and ordered the function of Philip III in 317 BC.
Cassander, Antipater's son, defeated Polyperchon's armies stall captured and executed Olympias. Between 316 BC and 309 BC the Prince Cassander held the young King Vanquisher as a prisoner.
By 309 BC Cassander had established his power over Macedonia, but as Alexander came closer toady to adulthood, some people loyal to excellence Royal house still looked forward nearby his becoming King in more prevail over name. To avoid a possible warning to his own power Cassander finished the murder of the 14-year-old. Description Royalists still supported the claim closing stages Alexander's half-brother Heracles to the chairwoman against Cassander.
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