Editing Perdiccas (section)

=== Siege of Babylon ===
Perdiccas joined the generals outside of Babylon and put the city to [[siege]], cutting off the [[Military supply-chain management|supply lines]].{{sfn|Heckel|2016|p=166}}{{sfn|Waterfield|2011|p=24}} Meleager's powerbase began to diminish, and he was eventually convinced by Eumenes of Cardia, Alexander's former secretary, to reconcile with the generals, perhaps in collusion with Perdiccas.{{sfn|Heckel|2016|p=166}} Perdiccas announced Philip III and the unborn child of Alexander's wife Roxana, the future Alexander IV of Macedon, would be recognized as joint kings to placate Meleager.{{sfn|Waterfield|2011|p=24}} While the general [[Craterus]] was officially declared "Guardian of the Royal Family",{{sfn|Heckel|2006|p=199}} Perdiccas effectively held this position, as the joint kings were with him in Babylon. [[Antipater]] was confirmed as [[viceroy]] of Macedon and [[Ancient Greece|Greece]]. To formalize the reconciliation between the generals and infantry, Perdiccas announced a lustration (a religious purification ritual) and review of the army, convincing Meleager and the infantry to attend.{{sfn|Heckel|2006|p=199. Meleager believed Perdiccas now trusted him, as he promised him a coregency. Perdiccas had told him the men he planned to kill were those who protested Meleager's new ascendant position}}

When the infantry accepted and marched outside Babylon, Perdiccas held a clear military advantage as he controlled all the cavalry and could threaten the infantry with a [[flanking maneuver]]. He then sent Philip III to order the capture of the rebellious leaders of the infantry, except for Meleager. Perdiccas had these 300 men killed by trampling them by his [[war elephants]].{{Sfn|Diod.||loc=18.4.7 reports only 30 killed}} Soon afterward, having cowed the infantry, Perdiccas had Meleager executed as well.{{sfnm|Waterfield|2011|1p=25|Green|1990|2p=8}} Though successful in resecuring his power, the incident left the chiliarch and regent Perdiccas untrusting of the other generals, who were now also suspicious of him.{{sfn|Phot.|loc=92.2|}}