Editing Philip III of Macedon (section)

===Succession===
Arrhidaeus was in [[Babylon]] at the time of Alexander's death on 10 June 323 BC. A succession crisis ensued. Arrhidaeus was the most obvious candidate, but he was mentally disabled and thus unfit to rule.{{sfn|Habicht|1998|p=69}} A conflict then arose between [[Perdiccas]], leader of the [[Companion cavalry|cavalry]], and [[Meleager (general)|Meleager]], who commanded the [[phalanx]]: the first wanted to wait to see if [[Roxana]], Alexander's pregnant wife, would deliver a son {{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} while Meleager objected that Arrhidaeus should be chosen king.<ref>Anson, Edward M. (2014),p.19 </ref> A compromise was engineered in which Arrhidaeus would become king with the name of Philip III, and would be joined by Roxana's yet-unborn child as co-sovereign should that child prove to be a male.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Anson|first=Edward M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdiAwAAQBAJ|title=Alexander's Heirs: The Age of the Successors|date=2014-07-14|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-1-4443-3962-8|pages=20|language=en}}</ref> This eventuality did indeed arise and resulted in Roxana's son, [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander]], becoming with his uncle Phillip co-sovereign on the throne of Macedon. It was immediately decided that Philip Arrhidaeus would reign, but not rule: this was to be the prerogative of the new [[regent]], Perdiccas.

When news arrived in Macedonia that Arrhidaeus had been chosen as king, [[Cynane]], a daughter of Philip II, developed a plan to travel to Asia and offer the new king her daughter [[Eurydice III of Macedon|Eurydice]] for his wife. This move was an obvious affront to the regent, whom Cynane had completely bypassed, and to prevent the marriage, Perdiccas sent his brother, [[Alcetas]], to kill Cynane. The reaction among the troops generated by this murder was such that the regent had to give up his opposition to the proposed match and accept the marriage. From that moment on, Philip Arrhidaeus was to be under the sway of his bride, a proud and determined woman bent on substantiating her husband's power.