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Against all the odds, in late 321 BC the Aetolian League successfully resisted invasion from a huge Macedonian army - the world superpower. Where the likes of historic city-states such as Athens and Sparta had failed, the Aetolians had triumphed.

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The satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia. This region was of vital, strategic importance as it controlled the Hellespont (Dardanelles), the gateway between Europe and Asia.

Animosity between Eumenes and Neoptolemus, allies-turned-enemies, ensured that both desired to decide their cavalry clash by slaying the other. Imbued with mutual hatred, equivalent to that of Hector and Achilles before the walls of Troy, their duel proved no less significant

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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Alexander the Great and his early Successors favoured lightening assaults on cities rather than prolonged sieges. Scaling ladders were regularly used to assault fortifications, while elephants were also used to tear down wooden palisades

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Over the winter of 322 / 321 BC Eumenes, the new governor Cappadocia, embarked on an astonishing recruitment campaign. Within a couple of months he had mustered 6,300 cavalrymen, all loyal to him - well-trained and well-equipped

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'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

Animosity between Eumenes and Neoptolemus, allies-turned-enemies, ensured that both desired to decide their cavalry clash by slaying the other. Imbued with mutual hatred, equivalent to that of Hector and Achilles before the walls of Troy, their duel proved no less significant.

'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.

Though he did not accompany Antipater and his 30,000 men to Asian shores during the First Successor War, Lysimachus offered them support as they progressed through southern Thrace en-route to the Hellespont: access to provisions and local guidance seem likely.