Following the death of Alexander, Arcesilaus was allotted Mesopotamia in the Partition of Babylon in 323 BCE, which he may have administered since as early as 331 BCE.[1] He supported Perdiccas, and may have been deposed or forced to flee his satrapy for this reason.[1] Nothing concrete is known about him after 323 BCE, but it is also believed that he may have been an opponent of Seleucus.[2] In any case, by the Partition of Triparadisus in 320 BCE, Arcesilaus had fallen from influence, as he was replaced in his satrapy by Amphimachus.[1]
References
^ a b cHeckel, Waldemar (15 April 2008). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. John Wiley & Son. ISBN978-1405154697. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
^Boiy, Tom (2004). Late Achaemenid and Hellenistic Babylon. Peeters Publishers. pp. 130–131. ISBN9042914491. Retrieved 15 December 2014.