Ptolemaeus of Alorus kills Alexander II.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Ptolemaeus of Alorus guardian of Perdiccas Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult
Victim (Person) :	Alexander II Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Diodorus of Sicily, Bibliotheca historica 16.2.4Diodorus of Sicily Bibliotheca historica 16.2.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Makedonia (Macedonia)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	368 B.C.
Context :	regicide
Motivation :	ambition
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	μετὰ γὰρ τὴν Ἀμύντου τελευτὴν Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ πρεσβύτατος τῶν υἱῶν διεδέξατο τὴν ἀρχήν. τοῦτον δὲ Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Ἀλωρίτης δολοφονήσας παρέλαβε τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ τοῦτον ὁμοίως Περδίκκας ἐπανελόμενος ἐβασίλευσεν. τούτου δὲ παρατάξει μεγάλῃ λειφθέντος ὑπὸ Ἰλλυριῶν καὶ πεσόντος ἐπὶ τῆς χρείας Φίλιππος ὁ ἀδελφὸς διαδρὰς ἐκ τῆς ὁμηρείας παρέλαβε τὴν βασιλείαν κακῶς διακειμένην.
Translation :	For after the death of Amyntas, Alexander, the eldest of the sons of Amyntas, succeeded to the throne. But Ptolemy of Alorus2 assassinated him and succeeded to the throne and then in similar fashion Perdiccas disposed of him and ruled as king. But when he was defeated in a great battle by the Illyrians and fell in the action, Philip his brother, who had escaped from his detention as a hostage, succeeded to the kingdom, now in a bad way.
Edition :	Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
Remark :	long-term consequence: Ptolemaeus of Alorus became king of Macedonia.
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