 After Alexander the Great's death in Babylon in 323 BC, his wife Roxana gave birth to their son named Alexander IV.Alexander IV and with his uncle Philip III Arrhidaeus, the half brother of Alexander the Great who may have been disabled, were subject to the regency of Perdiccas, who tried to strengthen his position through a marriage with Antipater's daughter Nicaea.At the same time, Olympias offered Perdiccas the hand of her and Philip's daughter, Cleopatra.