Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 11: CLASSICS Lecture 11

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Alexander the great dies and leaves no indication of who will succeed him, has a young child. Regency period = people ruling for the lawful king who is still too young t take power, adult ruling on behalf of the child. Perdiccas and antipater wanted to be top two commanders to hold up empire for alexander"s son. Child was under house arrest, kept out of public eye. Kidnaps the corpse of alexander and keeps it, having alexander"s body made ptolemy seem better. People fighting against one another for the sympathy of the people. Antigonid macedonia (greece also absorbed in this empire) Where the official language and culture is greek. Kings take the down and dirty way to appear like a king. They acted like gods to seem more kingly. Called ptolemy or cleopatra, become like mythical king and queen. They fight a lot, try to appear like they are good at fighting.