After the death of Alexander the Great, a struggle for succession to the throne began in the empire, leading to an endless series of wars in which the main rivals were recent comrades - Alexander's generals - Perdiccas, Antipater, Lysimachus, Antigonus, Ptolemy, Seleucus and others. Ptolemy I Soter (" Savior"), (c. 367/366-283 BC), from 323 - satrap (deputy of the king), from 305 - king of Egypt. After the death of Alexander, he advocated the division of his vast empire. Ptolemy turned the Egypt he inherited into a centralized and prosperous state with its capital in Alexandria. The book tells in a fascinating way about the complex and intricate vicissitudes of numerous civil strife, when yesterday's friends and comrades became enemies, and the intrigues and love passion of the rulers turned out to be the main instrument of politics. For the general public circle of readers.