323 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC

Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC

328 BC 327 BC 326 BC 325 BC 324 BC - 323 BC - 322 BC 321 BC 320 BC 319 BC 318 BC

Events

• Alexander the Great dies. His generals—Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Antipater, Seleucus I Nicator, Ptolemy, Eumenes and Lysimachus—fight over control of the vast Macedonian Empire he leaves behind. Start of the Ptolemaic Empire and the Seleucid Empire.
• Alexander the Great's posthumous son Alexander IV is declared King of Macedon and co-ruler with his uncle Philip III (Alexander's half-brother).

Births

• Alexander IV of Macedon, son of Alexander the Great.

Deaths

• June 10 - Alexander the Great, king of Macedon and conqueror of Persia (b. 356 BC)
• June 10 - Diogenes of Sinope, philosopher (b. c. 412 BC)