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The first clash of wits between Antigonus and Eumenes occurred in early Spring 320 BC. Hoping to surprise his foe at Sardis Antigonus hoped to capture Eumenes with a lightening advance. The Cardian received a tip off, escaping before Antigonus could tie off his escape route

'God in heaven, if Alexander had left us this fellow as king in his stead, my opinion would be that this is the one order of his that should not be obeyed!'

- the Macedonian general Meleager's vicious reproach of Perdiccas. June 323 BC.

A man with traces of royal blood flowing through his veins, Perdiccas was a member of one of the most prestigious families in Macedonia. He hailed from Orestis - a region on Macedonia’s southwestern fringes where his family held great influence

My enemy's enemy is my friend. In early 320 BC - noticing their shared animosity toward the elderly viceroy Antipater - Perdiccas and the Aetolians forged an alliance. Together they would oppose Antipater and his allies during the First Successor War

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The first clash of wits between Antigonus and Eumenes occurred in early Spring 320 BC. Hoping to surprise his foe at Sardis Antigonus hoped to capture Eumenes with a lightening advance. The Cardian received a tip off, escaping before Antigonus could tie off his escape route.

Single combat was no novel concept for Alexander the Great's generals. Homeric precedents inspired them since childhood. 'Noble’ duels between figures like Hector and Achilles, Hector and Ajax or Diomedes and Aeneas motivated commanders to slay leading enemies by their own hand

The Persians, Alexander, the Seleucids and the Greco-Bactrians – they had all built forts on the southern bank of the Jaxartes river (today the Syr Darya in central Asia) to fend off the threat of raiding nomads from the north

In 279 BC, an overconfident Ptolemy Ceraunus lead his Macedonian army out to face an invading Celtic horde in the open field. Lacking manpower and disorganised in their array, Ceraunus’ army was vanquished. Any survivors unfortunate enough to be taken alive were sacrificed

Even after defeating the Athenian-led revolt of 323 / 322 BC a strong remnant of resistance to Macedonian rule on the Greek mainland remained. One beacon of rebellion still had to be extinguished: the Aetolians.

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Inhabiting the rugged lands northwest of the Corinthian gulf, the Aetolians had a history for being unruly – defying the Macedonians for several decades during the late 4th and 3rd centuries.