323 BC

Centuries:	5th century BC · 4th century BC · 3rd century BC
Decades:	350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC
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On his way from Ecbatana to Babylon, Alexander the Great fights and crushes the Cossaeans.
June 10 - Alexander the Great dies in Babylon. After a dispute with the infantry led by Meleager, the cavalry general Perdiccas becomes Regent of the Empire. Alexander's posthumous son Alexander IV is declared King of Macedon and co-ruler with his uncle Philip III (Alexander's half-brother). He makes Ptolemy Governor of Egypt, Eumenes governor of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, Antigonus Governor of Phrygia, Lysimachus Governor of Thrace; while Macedon itself was to be ruled by its old regent Antipater jointly with Alexander's chief lieutenant Craterus.
At the news of Alexander's death, Athens and other Greek cities revolt against Macedonian rule in what will become known as the Lamian War, due to the long siege of the Macedonian regent Antipater in Lamia by the Athenians and their allies which is the main military action of the war.