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The Partition of Triparadisus was a power-sharing agreement passed at Triparadisus in 321 BCE between the generals (diadochi
Diadochi

The Diadochi were the rival successors of Alexander the Great, and their Wars of the Diadochi followed Alexander's death. This was the beginning of the Hellenistic period of Greek history, the time when many people who were not Greek themselves adopted Greek philosophy and styles, Greek urban life, and aspects of the Greek religion....
) of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
, in which they named a new regent and established the repartition of their satrapies. It followed and modified the Partition of Babylon
Partition of Babylon

The Partition of Babylon designates the attribution of the territories of Alexander the Great between his generals after his death in 323 BCE....
 made in 323 BCE upon the death of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
.

owing the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, the rule of his empire was given to his half-brother Philip Arrhidaeus
Philip III of Macedon

Philip III Arrhidaeus , king of Macedon from June 10, 323 BC until his death, was a son of King Philip II of Macedon by Philinna of Larissa, allegedly a Thessaly dancer, and a half-brother of Alexander the Great....
 and Alexander's son Alexander IV
Alexander IV of Macedon

Alexander IV Aegus was the son of Alexander the Great and the princess Roxana, of Bactria....
.






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The Partition of Triparadisus was a power-sharing agreement passed at Triparadisus in 321 BCE between the generals (diadochi
Diadochi

The Diadochi were the rival successors of Alexander the Great, and their Wars of the Diadochi followed Alexander's death. This was the beginning of the Hellenistic period of Greek history, the time when many people who were not Greek themselves adopted Greek philosophy and styles, Greek urban life, and aspects of the Greek religion....
) of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
, in which they named a new regent and established the repartition of their satrapies. It followed and modified the Partition of Babylon
Partition of Babylon

The Partition of Babylon designates the attribution of the territories of Alexander the Great between his generals after his death in 323 BCE....
 made in 323 BCE upon the death of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
.

Background

Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, the rule of his empire was given to his half-brother Philip Arrhidaeus
Philip III of Macedon

Philip III Arrhidaeus , king of Macedon from June 10, 323 BC until his death, was a son of King Philip II of Macedon by Philinna of Larissa, allegedly a Thessaly dancer, and a half-brother of Alexander the Great....
 and Alexander's son Alexander IV
Alexander IV of Macedon

Alexander IV Aegus was the son of Alexander the Great and the princess Roxana, of Bactria....
. However, since Philip was mentally ill and Alexander IV born only after the death of his father, a regent was named in Perdiccas
Perdiccas

Perdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire.Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes, a descendant of the independent princes of the province of Orestis ....
. In the meantime, the former generals of Alexander were named satrap
Satrap

Satrap was the name given to the governors of the provinces of ancient Medes and Persian Empire empires, including the Achaemenid Empire and in several of their heirs, such as the Sassanid Empire and the Hellenistic civilization empires....
s of the various regions of his Empire.

Several satrap
Satrap

Satrap was the name given to the governors of the provinces of ancient Medes and Persian Empire empires, including the Achaemenid Empire and in several of their heirs, such as the Sassanid Empire and the Hellenistic civilization empires....
s were eager to gain more power, and when Ptolemy
Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....
, satrap of Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
, rebelled with other generals, Perdiccas moved against the former, but was killed by a mutiny in his camp. Ptolemy declined the regency, and instead brought to the office Peithon
Peithon

Peithon or Pithon was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia. One of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, later satrap of Medes and one of the diadochi....
 and Arrhidaeus
Arrhidaeus

Arrhidaeus , one of Alexander the Great's generals, was entrusted with the conduct of Alexander's funeral to Ptolemaic Egypt in 323 BC. On the murder of Perdiccas in Egypt, 321 BC, he and Peithon were appointed regents, but through the intrigues of the queen Eurydice III of Macedon they were obliged soon afterwards to resign their office at T...
. This designation met the strong opposition of Eurydice
Eurydice III of Macedon

Eurydice was daughter of Amyntas IV of Macedon, son of Perdiccas III of Macedon, king of Macedonia, and Cynane, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and his first wife Audata....
, wife of king Philip III, bringing, in the meeting called in 321 BCE at Triparadisus of all the diadochi, to their replacement with Antipater
Antipater

Antipater was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became regent of all of Alexander's empire....
. The meeting also proceeded to divide again the satrapies between the various generals.

The treaty

Arrian
Arrian

File:Flavius_Arrianus.jpgLucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon , known in English as Arrian , and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Ancient Rome historian , a public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the Roman and Byzantine Greece period....
 described the result of the meeting in Events after Alexander, which were transmitted to us by the Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 patriach Photius (820-897):

"Then and there Antipater made a new division of Asia, wherein he partly confirmed the former and partly annulled it, according as the exigency of affairs required. For, in the first place, Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
 with Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, and all the vast waste beyond it, and whatever else had been acquired to the westward, he assigned to Ptolemy
Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....
;
  • Syria
    Syria

    Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
     to Laomedon of Mytilene
    Laomedon of Mytilene

    Laomedon , native of Mytilene and son of Larichus, was one of Alexander the Great's generals, and appears to have enjoyed a high place in his confidence even before the death of Philip II of Macedon, as he was one of those banished by that monarch for taking part in the intrigues of the young prince....
    ;
  • Cilicia
    Cilicia

    In antiquity, Cilicia now known as ?ukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of the Anatolian peninsula, and a political entity in Roman times....
     to Philoxenus
    Philoxenus (general)

    Philoxenus was a Macedonian officer appointed to superintend the collection of the tribute in the provinces north of the Taurus Mountains after Alexander the Great's return from Ptolemaic Egypt ....
    , for he held it before.
  • Among the higher provinces, Mesopotamia
    Mesopotamia

    Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran....
     and Arbelitis
    Arbil

    Arbil is believed to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and is the third-largest city in Iraq after Baghdad and Mosul....
     were bestowed on Amphimachus
    Amphimachus

    In Greek mythology, Amphimachus is a name attributed to multiple individuals....
    , the king's brother;
  • Babylonia
    Babylonia

    Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
    , on Seleucus
    Seleucus I Nicator

    Seleucus I , was a Ancient Macedonians officer of Alexander the Great. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleucus established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire....
    ;
  • the prefecture of all the province of Susa, on Antigenes, who was captain of the Macedonian
    Ancient Macedonians

    The Macedonians were an ancient tribe which inhabited the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Vardar, north of Mount Olympus in Greece....
     Argyraspides
    Argyraspides

    The Argyraspides , in English Silvershields, were a division of the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great, who were so called because they carried shields covered with silver plates....
    , and had first opposed Perdiccas.
  • Peucestas
    Peucestas

    Peucestas was son of Alexander, a native of the town of Mieza, in Macedonia, and a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great....
     was confirmed in his government of Persis.
  • Tlepolemus
    Tlepolemus (general)

    Tlepolemus was the son of Pythophanes and one of the etairoi, or body-guard of Alexander the Great, who was joined in the government of the Parthians and Gorgan with Amminapes, a Parthian, whom Alexander had appointed satrap of those provinces....
     in Carmania,
  • and Peithon
    Peithon

    Peithon or Pithon was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordaia in western Macedonia. One of the bodyguards of Alexander the Great, later satrap of Medes and one of the diadochi....
     in that of Media
    Medes

    The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
    , as far as the Caspian Gates.
  • Philip
    Philip (satrap)

    Philip was satrap of Sogdiana, to which government he was first appointed by Alexander the Great himself in 327 BC. He retained his post, as did most of the satraps of the more remote provinces, in the arrangements which followed the death of the king ; but in the subsequent partition at Treaty of Triparadisus, 321 BC, he was assigned the go...
     in Parthia
    Parthia

    Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, after which the Arsacid Empire is then also known as the 'Parthian Empire'....
    .
  • Stasander in Aria
    Aria

    An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment....
     and Drangiana
    Drangiana

    Drangiana was a historical region of the Achaemenid Empire, now part of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Eastern Iran. The land was inhabited by a Iranian peoples tribe which the Greeks referred to as Sarangians or Drangians....
    .
  • Stasanor
    Stasanor

    Stasanor was a native of Soli, Cyprus in Ancient history of Cyprus who held a distinguished position among the officers of Alexander the Great....
     the Solian, over Bactria
    Bactria

    Bactria is a historical region of Greater Iran. Known by the ancient Greeks as "Bactriana" the region is located between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya ; in later times, the region became known as Tokharistan. The name of the region has survived to present time in the name of Afghan province "Balkh"....
     and Sogdiana
    Sogdiana

    Sogdiana or Sogdia was the ancient civilization of an Iranian peoples and a province of the Achaemenid Empire Persian Empire, the eighteenth in the list in the Behistun Inscription of Darius I of Persia ....
    ;
  • and Sibyrtius
    Sibyrtius

    Sibyrtius was a Greeks officer from Crete in the service of Alexander the Great, who was appointed by him, on his return from History of India , governor of the province of Kerman Province....
     over Arachosia
    Arachosia

    Arachosia or Arachotae is the latinized form of Greek language name of an Achaemenid Empire and Seleucid Empire governorate in the eastern part of their respective empires, and that was inhabited by the Iranian peoples Arachosians or Arachoti ....
    .
  • The country of the Parapamisians
    Paropamisadae

    Paropamisadae or Paropamisus was the ancient Greek name for a region of the Hindu-Kush in eastern Afghanistan, centered on the cities of Kabul and Kapisa ....
     was bestowed upon Oxyartes
    Oxyartes

    Oxyartes was a Bactrian, father of Roxana, the wife of Alexander of Macedon. He is first mentioned as one of the chiefs who accompanied Bessus on his retreat across the Amu Darya into Sogdiana ....
    , the father of Roxana
    Roxana

    Roxana , was a Bactrian noble and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 341 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain....
    ;
  • and the skirts of India adjacent to Mount Parapamisus
    Paropamisadae

    Paropamisadae or Paropamisus was the ancient Greek name for a region of the Hindu-Kush in eastern Afghanistan, centered on the cities of Kabul and Kapisa ....
    , on Peithon the son of Agenor
    Peithon, son of Agenor

    Peithon, son of Agenor was an officer in the expedition of Alexander the Great to India, who became satrap of the Indus from 325 to 316 BCE, and then satrap of Babylon, from 316 to 312 BCE, until he died at the Battle of Gaza in 312 BCE....
    .
  • As to the countries beyond that, those on the river Indus, with the city Patala
    Patala

    Patala is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ghaziabad district in the Indian States and territories of India of Uttar Pradesh....
     (the capital of that part of India) were assigned to Porus
    Porus

    King Porus was the King of Pauravas. The state falls within the territory of Punjab region located between the Jhelum River and the Chenab rivers in the Punjab region and dominions extending to the Beas ....
    .
  • Those upon the Hydaspes, to Taxiles
    Taxiles

    Taxiles was the Greece chroniclers' name for a prince or king who reigned over the tract between the Indus River and the Hydaspes Rivers in the Punjab region at the period of the expedition of Alexander the Great, 327 BC....
     the Indian;
for it was deemed no easy matter to dispossess those who had been confirmed in their territories by Alexander himself, their power was grown so strong.
  • Of the countries to the northward of Mount Taurus, Cappadocia
    Cappadocia

    Cappadocia, Wikipedia:IPA for English /k?p?'do???/ , was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor . The name continued to be used in western sources and in the Christianity tradition throughout history and is still widely used as an international Tourism in Turkey concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders characterized by...
     was assigned to Nicanor
    Nicanor (satrap)

    Nicanor or Nikanor was a Macedonian officer of distinction who served as satrap of Medes under Antigonus. In the division of the provinces at Partition of Triparadisus, after the death of Perdiccas in 321 BCE, he gained the position of governor of Cappadocia....
    ;
  • Phrygia
    Phrygia

    In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the Southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges, changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the Hellespont....
    , Lycaonia
    Lycaonia

    In ancient geography, Lycaonia was a large region in the interior of Asia Minor, north of Mount Taurus. It was bounded on the east by Cappadocia, on the north by Galatia, on the west by Phrygia and Pisidia, while to the south it extended to the chain of Mount Taurus, where it bordered on the country popularly called in earlier times Cilicia...
    , Pamphylia
    Pamphylia

    In ancient geography, Pamphylia was the region in the south of Asia Minor, between Lycia and Cilicia, extending from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Taurus ....
    , and Lycia
    Lycia

    Lycia was a region in Anatolia in what are now the Provinces of Turkey of Antalya Province and Mugla Province on the southern coast of Turkey. It was a federation of ancient cities in the region and later a Roman province of the Roman Empire....
    , as before, to Antigonus
    Antigonus I Monophthalmus

    Antigonus I Monophthalmus son of Philip from Elimiotis, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. He was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and establishing the Antigonid dynasty....
    .
  • Caria
    Caria

    Caria was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionians and Dorians Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the Carian population in forming Greek-dominated states there....
     to Asander
    Asander

    For the General and King of the Bosporan Kingdom, see Asander .Asander was son of Philotas of Macedonia and brother of Parmenion. Alexander the Great appointed him in 334 BC governor of Lydia and the other parts of the satrapy of Spithridates, and also placed under his command an army strong enough to maintain the Macedonian authority...
    ;
  • Lydia
    Lydia

    Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkey provinces of Manisa Province and inland Izmir Province....
     to Cleitus
    Clitus the White

    Cleitus the White was an officer of Alexander the Great surnamed "White" to distinguish him from Cleitus the Black. He is noted by Athenaeus and Claudius Aelianus for his pomp and luxury, and is probably the same who is mentioned by Junianus Justinus among the veterans sent home to Macedonia under Craterus in 324 BC....
    ;
  • and Hellespontine Phrygia
    Phrygia

    In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the Southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges, changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the Hellespont....
     to Arrhidaeus
    Arrhidaeus

    Arrhidaeus , one of Alexander the Great's generals, was entrusted with the conduct of Alexander's funeral to Ptolemaic Egypt in 323 BC. On the murder of Perdiccas in Egypt, 321 BC, he and Peithon were appointed regents, but through the intrigues of the queen Eurydice III of Macedon they were obliged soon afterwards to resign their office at T...
    .


Antigenes was deputed collector of the tribute in the province of Susa, and three thousand of those Macedonians who were the most ready to mutiny, appointed to attend him.

Moreover, he appointed Autolychus the son of Agathocles, Amyntas the son of Alexander and brother of Peucestas
Peucestas

Peucestas was son of Alexander, a native of the town of Mieza, in Macedonia, and a distinguished officer in the service of Alexander the Great....
, Ptolemy the son of Ptolemy, and Alexander
Alexander (general)

Alexander was son of Polyperchon, the regent of Macedonia, and an important general in the diadochi....
 the son of Polyperchon
Polyperchon

Polyperchon son of Simmias from Tymphaia in Epirus , was a Macedonian general who served under Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, accompanying Alexander throughout his long journeys....
, as guards to surround the king's person.

To his son Cassander
Cassander

Cassander , King of Macedon , was a son of Antipater, and founder of the short-lived Antipatrid dynasty....
 he gave the command of the horse; and to Antigonus, the troops that had before been assigned to Perdiccas, and the care and custody of the king's person, with order to prosecute the war against Eumenes
Eumenes

Eumenes of Cardia was a ancient Greece general and scholar. He participated in the wars of the Diadochi as a supporter of the Macedonian Argead dynasty royal house....
. Which done, Antipater himself departed home, much applauded by all, for his wise and prudent management" (Translation John Rooke)

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