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http://www.livius.org/di-dn/diadochi/diadochi_t03.html
The end of the Macedonian royal house
Macedonian heraldic
symbol: the sun In 311, the Diadochi concluded a peace treaty. Ptolemy and Lysimachus were confirmed in their territories, Egypt and Thrace; Cassander and Antigonus Monophthalmus remained supreme commanders of the Macedonian forces in Europe and Asia; the Greek towns were recognized by all parties as 'free and autonomous' (but Cassander kept garrisons at several places); and it was agreed that the boy king Alexander IV, son of Alexander the Great and Roxane, would become sole ruler of the entire empire when he came of age, in 305. The result was, of course, that the royals were killed as soon as possible. Diodorus of Sicily tells the story in his World history (19.105.1-4); the translation was made by M.M. Austin.
Alexander's son Alexander IV
(Louvre, Paris)
In the archonship of Simonides at Athens [1], Cassander, Ptolemy and Lysimachus put an end to the war against Antigonus and concluded a treaty. It was specified in it that Cassander should be general of Europe until Alexander, Roxane's son, should come of age, that Lysimachus should be master of Thrace and Ptolemy master of Egypt and the neighboring cities in Libya and Arabia, that Antigonus should command the whole of Asia, while the Greeks should be autonomous.
Nevertheless they failed to abide by this agreement, and each of them put forward fair pretexts and sought to increase his power. Cassander saw that Roxane's son Alexander was growing up and that there were some who were spreading the word in Macedonia that one ought to release the boy from custody and hand over to him his father's kingdom.
Afraid for his own safety, he instructed Glaucias, who was in charge of the boy's custody, to assassinate Roxane and the king and conceal their bodies, and not to report the deed to any of the others. Glaucias carried out the orders, and this freed Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy and even Antigonus from anticipated fears about the king. For now that there was no one to take over the empire, those who ruled peoples or cities could each entertain hopes of kingship and controlled henceforward the territory under their power like kingdoms that had been conquered in war.
Note 1:
He gave his name to the year 311/310.
The below information was found at: www.gencircles.com under World History Nobility's by Tomas Karlsson
Son of Alexander the Great by Roxana. It is accepted to sign final date of the nominal rule of Alexander Aegos as the year when Ptolemyís I rule started, however he was imprisoned together with his wife in 316 BC by Cassandros and subsequently murdered in 311 BC. Nedan från
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Alexander%20IV%20of%20Macedon
Alexander IV of Macedon, (lived 323 - 309 BC; titular King of Macedon, 323 - 309 BC), the posthumous son of Alexander the Great by his wife Roxana, a princess of Bactria, was born in 323 BC, a few months after his father's death and was immediately declared King as co-ruler with his uncle Philip III of Macedon. Neither King wielded any political influence: Philip was considered retarded and Alexander was just a infant. This resulted in the nomination of Regents ruling on their behalf and a number of his father's generals, now Satraps of major provinces, gaining enough power to act independently from the crown. During his nominal reign between 323 BC and 309 BC, four Regents acted 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, a heir chosen by Antipater himself. Olympias, Alexander's grandmother, exerted considerable
influence over Polyperchon and ordered the execution of Philip III in 317 BC. Cassander, Antipater's son, defeated Polyperchon's armies and captured and executed Olympias. Between 316 BC and 309 BC the Regent Cassander held the young King Alexander as a prisoner. By 309 BC Cassander had established his power over Macedonia, but as Alexander came closer to adulthood, some people loyal to the Royal house still looked forward to his becoming King in more than name. To avoid a possible threat to his own power Cassander ordered the murder of the 14-year-old. The Royalists still supported the claim of Alexander's half-brother Heracles to the throne against Cassander.
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