Did Alexander the Great’s Empire Split After His Death Because He Was Bisexual?

The Greek conqueror is also known for sacking cities, killing whole cities, and enslaving masses, but he often cared for the bodies of his vanquished enemies, and he was also known for his fully-fledged relationships with men. On the matter of fully-fledged relationships with men, he had a long-term boyfriend named Hephaestion, who also served as one of Alexander’s officers. The whole thing about him being totally into men is also the reason why his empire split into four pieces upon his death, king Antigonas of Macedon didn’t want the empire to go in the hands of Hephaestion, so he went to wage war against the other Greeks who were in support of Hephaestion, and he lost. He was killed by three other generals of Alexander, with his son Demetruis also meeting the same fate as his father.<br><br>However, what should have been a happy ending for Hephaestion was cut short, when he died of a fever and poisoning while Alexander was on his way to Persia. Despite his death, he was still a central point of why Alexander’s Empire broke into four. Alexander’s other generals such as Ptolemy, Seleucus, Antipater, and Antigonas were fighting over who gets to inherit the empire and become the sole ruler. Meanwhile, the last pharaoh of the Argead dynasty, Philip III, was not strong enough to unite the warring empire. In the end, Antipater, Ptolemy, Seleucus, and Antigonid won the war and divided the empire among themselves, Ptolemy became the ruler of Egypt, Antipater became the ruler of Macedon, Antigonid became the ruler of Phrygia, and Seleucus became the ruler of Babylon.<br><br>&#x200B;