Perdiccas III assassinates Ptolemaeus of Alorus

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Perdiccas III Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Ptolemaeus of Alorus guardian of Perdiccas Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Diodorus of Sicily, Bibliotheca historica 15.77.5Diodorus of Sicily Bibliotheca historica 15.77.5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Makedonia (Macedonia)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	365 B.C.
Context :	regicide
Motivation :	ambition
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	ἅμα δὲ τούτοις πραττομένοις κατὰ τὴν Μακεδονίαν Πτολεμαῖος μὲν ὁ Ἀλωρίτης ἐδολοφονήθη ὑπὸ τἀδελφοῦ Περδίκκα, βασιλεύσας ἔτη τρία: τὴν δὲ ἀρχὴν διαδεξάμενος ὁ Περδίκκας ἐβασίλευσε τῆς Μακεδονίας ἔτη πέντε.
Translation :	While these things were going on, in Macedon Ptolemy of Alorus1 was assassinated by his brother-in-law Perdiccas after ruling three years; and Perdiccas succeeded to the throne and ruled Macedon for five years.
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: Perdiccas became king of Macedonia for three years.
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