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Episode 17, to the strongest, the fourth successors had either been recuperating or attempting to undermine the Antiginid realm.

As I stated before, the peace of the dynasts in 311 was no more than the mere truce,

a maintenance of the status quo. The territories remained virtually the same,

minus the lost Asian provinces that Seleucus would gobble up in the aftermath of the Babylonian War.

The other marshals fully expected an eventual renewal of the conflict,

and they did their best to either shore up their own defenses or take the offensive approach

and directly challenged the Antigonids while they were away in Babylon.

In the case of Macedon, the third Diodohoi war really shook Cassandra's position, just

narrowly avoiding a full-scale invasion by Antigonus a few years prior.

To make matters worse, Polyperkin, the nominal regent of Macedon, who was ousted into obscurity

by the efforts of Cassander a number of years prior, came forward

at the head of an army, along with a young man named Heracles, allegedly a bastard son

of Alexander the Great.

The sources are mixed on whether the claim was true or not, but needless to say, another

arch he had to heir to the throne was not something that Cassander needed.

I spoke towards the end of the last episode that he had also grown to the throne was not something that Cassander needed. I spoke towards the end of the last

episode that he had also grown tired of babysitting the young Alexander IV and his mother, Roxanne,

and decided that there was an easier way to deal with all of this. First, he ordered the execution

of Alexander and Roxanne, and then proceeded to offer to cut Polyperkin in on a deal.

B offered General of Greece, a nominal position, mind you, but still, he would receive all the

benefits of such a position. In return, kill Heracles. The last gasp of the Argiate House, as it was

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