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Alexander the Great is dead
In his lifetime this macedonian had changed the whole nature of the ancient world
Forming the greatest empire the world had yet seen
With his death however this empire would never be the same again
This documentary series will focus on the ensuing struggle that followed Alexander's passing as former brothers-in-arms
became the most vicious of enemies
These were the Wars of his successors
On the 11th of June 3 to 3 BC Alexander the Great passed away
He had left the formidable empire stretching from Greece to India yet his fate was far from certain
Alexander's only living child have been deemed illegitimate
His half-brother aridaias was mentally ill and although one of his wives
Roxanne was pregnant there was no guarantee the child would be a son a
Clash for the authority began and one of Alexander's greatest generals Perdiccas emerged as the victor
Aridaias became King as Philip the 3rd
Perdiccas was to be the commander-in-chief
The great expeditions to Arabia and Carthage planned by Alexander were abandoned and
His generals began dividing the provinces among themselves
In what was later called the partition of Babylon?
one of the most notable gainers from this partition was the personal secretary of Alexander
Human ease a Greek from kardea who was militarily untested until now
Not long afterwards Roxanne had given birth to a son who became Alexander the 4th
Dicus who ruled in Babylon was assigned to act as regent
Meanwhile revolts had erupted in both East and West
a large force of
23,000 disgruntled Greeks abandoned their posts in bacteria and started their journey home
In Greece many cities had revolted against the Macedonian rule
The regent of Macedonia and tippet ur head itself to crush the Greeks
while perc has sent one of his generals
Python East to deal with the uprising in Bactria
Early cases political position was weak and he proposed a marriage with Nicaea a daughter of an tippet ur to strengthen it
The marriage was agreed and ICA began the long journey to Babylon
Bernanke's turned his attention to other pressing matters
In 3 - 2 BC he led an army to help the new governor of Cappadocia human ease
The province had never been completely conquered by Alexander and remnants of Persian resistance remained strong
under the King area rotties
The neighboring governors refused to help but purchases arrival changed
Everything area rotties was crushed and the grateful human ease was installed as governor
He would prove an invaluable Ally for purchase
Kirkus headed back to babylon crushing any resistance to mass stoning rule in his path
His position had strengthened significantly and ICEA was now nearing babylon
however
soon Perdiccas learned that the sister of alexander cleopatra desired his hand in marriage and
he now faced a great dilemma a
Marriage to Cleopatra would give him a claim to the throne
Yet to disregard Nicaea would put him at odds with Antipater hoping to appease an tippet ur turkish married, Nicaea
At the same time however he sent letters to Cleopatra
Telling her he intended to discard my SIA and marry her instead as soon as possible somehow
news of this reached the governor of Phrygia
Antigonus
Who had no love for burkas and had already disobeyed him once before by refusing to aid human ease?
Antigonus sailed to Europe to inform an tippet, er who was crushing the final remnants of the revolt in Greece
An
Tippet, er was outraged
gathering his forces
including the formidable Macedonian general crater as' and
Tippet have prepared for war he also found an ally in the governor of Egypt
Ptolemy his relations with Paris had always been strained, and he readily accepted Antipodes plan
Takus was still unaware of the impending war against him
As was agreed previously. He was sending Alexander's body back to Macedonia with a small escort
However as this escort was passing through Syria Ptolemy seized the body which was then transported to Egypt
At the same time and tippy-toe was making his final preparations to cross into Asia
Announcing his aim to remove her takus the first war of the dyadic. Ii had begun
On receiving these two pieces of news
The curse gathered his generals
He was planning to confront Ptolemy in Egypt
While human ease was ordered to delay on tiptoe in Anatolia and slow the enemy advance
Purchases army traveled quickly and in the summer of 3 to 1, BC. They reached the most Eastern branch of the Nile Delta
However, the river was heavily guarded as Ptolemy had deployed Garrison's all along the opposite bank
He himself was leading the central army intent on shadowing her the kissies movements and preventing his foe from crossing
Perla cos needed a swift victory
So one night. He forced marched his army far upriver hoping to cross the Nile before tal nature prevented
The crossing her Turkish had selected was guarded by an Egyptian
Force called the camels rampart in which Ptolemy had placed a small garrison
Reaching the crossing just before daybreak
Baraka squigly prepared his forces to attack
He was desperate to capture the falls before Ptolemy could arrive with reinforcements to lead the crossing
the COS placed his Indian war elephants
Behind them he placed his elite infantry force the silver shields aren't with ladders to scale the Wolves
the final line consisted of purchases cavalry
The assault commenced
Initially this crossing met no difficulty yet as his troops
Got closer to the fort ptolemies army appeared and rushed to the fort
reinforcing the garrison and denying Perkis an easy victory
The kiss and his army pressed on
Attempting to take the fort by force
the elephants were driven forward to smash down the gates while the silver shields were to scale the walls with their ladders a
desperate struggle ensued
casualties were high on either side in the end however Ptolemy and his defending force prevailed and
Perkis was forced to retreat
Berdych is now desperately searched for another crossing
Descent had already begun to spread among his army, and he had to quickly achieve success
The curse marched his army even further up the Nile to the bank opposite Ptolemies capital at Memphis
Here the river was wider deeper and had a stronger currents
There was a large island separating the two banks on which Perkis decided he wouldn't camp his army
To ease the crossing Perdiccas devised a solution
the elephants were placed upstream to slow the currents a
Line of cavalry was also placed downstream to collect any soldiers that lost their fitted
For a time the strategy worked well the river became shallower and a part of pertussis infantry
successfully made it to the island, but then
disaster struck
As the elephant's dug their feet into the riverbed
Gradually the sand sank beneath them and the water level increased
Within no time at all River had become too deep to cross
His army divided
The curse could send no more men those that had already reached the island found themselves stranded
Reluctantly per the COS called them back
Thinking only of survival the stranded soldiers plunged into the water
Some of the better swimmers managed to make it back
Many others however. We'd either drown or be eaten by the lurking crocodiles
Nachus had suffered another humiliating defeat and his army demanded blood
Verdict as his generals Antilles pytho and Seleucus were all too happy to oblige
Going to his tent. They murdered the regent
To the north human ease was facing heavy opposition to his command
The Fried's quickly defected to an tippy-toe ad his armies crossing into Asia before humans could even arrive
More dissent followed as many of Paris's generals even his brother al Curtis refused to serve under human ease
another general Neoptolemus betrayed human ease a
Small clash ensued and although human ease did prevail the optimist escaped to join an tippy-toe
The odds gnarled heavily stacked against human ease
The autonomous informed antipathy and cratis or the human eases perilous situation
Believing the reports an tippy-toe divided his army into
Protaras and the autonomous were tasked with confronting evidence
Meanwhile and tippet our continued east towards Perdiccas and egypt
Barely ten days after Neoptolemus is betrayal
the forces of human ease and cratis faced each other somewhere in Phrygia near the Hellespont
Crateros was confident of victory
unexpected human eases Macedonian troops to quickly join him
Yet human ease had other ideas
Knowing that his Macedonian troops were never knowingly fight against cratis one of the most revered
Macedonian generals of the time human ease devised a plan
He did not reveal to them that cratis was leading the opposing army instead
He claimed the army that they were facing was led by the treacherous Neoptolemus
And a barbarian warlord named P grace
Knowing that crater aswer place himself on the right flank the position of Honor in the Macedonian line
Human ease deployed a large contingent of Asian and Thracian cavalry to oppose him not a single
Macedonian was included in this unit in
the center
twenty thousand infantrymen were deployed with a core made of a small number of Macedonian phalanges
the rest were mercenaries from Asia Minor
Unlicensed entry from Mesopotamia as for human ease he stayed on the right wing with his most powerful
horsemen from Cappadocia as
unit had expected
Crateros positioned himself on the right wing with just over a thousand of his best cavalry the companions
In the center he deployed his
20,000 strong infantry mostly Macedonians trained in the formidable pike phalanx formation
On his left crater is placed in the autonomous with the rest of his cavalry
Crassus advanced his cavalry ahead to the hill ready to show himself to human eases soldiers
As cratis and his army reached the top however
unis from his truck
Seeing cratis is Asian and Thracian cavalry charged the general
Immune to the aura of the man at the same time human ease led his own wing against the autonomous on the right
keeping his infantry far back away from any possibility of hearing who they were facing a
Deadly cavalry battle now erupted on both flanks with neither sides infantry force close enough to come to the aid
Horsemen against horsemen. It was now a bitter struggle to the death
Outnumbered by unknown warriors, Crassus and his cavalry were quickly overwhelmed and the general felt in this melee
our sources differ on how he was killed and he was either trampled underfoot after stumbling from his horse or
He perished after march heroic fighting
Whichever is true the result remained the same
Another of Alexander's most formidable generals now lay dead on the field
Hearing of his death kratos's right wing panicked and soon shattered completely
Meanwhile on the left wing human ease and the optimises horsemen had been engaged in a ferocious clash
Amidst the fighting both generals attempted to find one another
Finally they spotted each other in the melee and charged
after a bloody struggle human ease emerged victorious
Both Crassus, and the autonomous were now dead the battle was over a new manie's had gained a stunning victory
This former Secretary had emerged victorious over the most revered Macedonian general of the time
Get the news soon reach human ease of the events in Egypt Turkish was dead and his troops had joined Ptolemy
Antipodes Carlin now decided to rearrange the empire in what was later called the partition of tripura diocese
He was to replace Perdiccas as regent and the royal family were to be taken back to Macedonia
However human ease and the remnants of purchases forces throughout the Empire were keen on resistance and had to be dealt with
The man selected for this task was Antechinus
This general now nearing 60 years old
Headed with a large army to confront. He buddies who was in Phrygia at that time
Human ease desperately searched for allies as he couldn't fight Antigonus alone hoping to unite his forces with
Lucas's brother al Curtis he marched PI Cydia
Unfortunately however both wanted to leave the United army and their differences proved too great
Human ease was on his own
Human ease now move deeper into Asia Minor with Antigonus in hot pursuit
At a place called or Kenya Yumi's turned to face his pursuer
However in the ensuing battle and taken as successfully deceived human ease
Pretending he had received reinforcements he extended his phalanx to half the usual depth doubling its length
To human ease his army and tignous his force looked massive, and they were instantly disheartened
furthermore during the ensuing fights one of you nieces cavalry generals at pollen IDs
deserted
Slaughter soon followed you mises army was routed
Escaping with a small force of loyalists, you manie's retreated in all haste to the fortified city of nora in Cappadocia
Antigonus arrived soon after but desiring to avoid the siege he offered to human ease the chance to negotiate
Human is readily accepted the offer terms were discussed with both desiring a peaceful decision
Messengers were sent to an tippet er to decide the matter
Anew manie's returned to nora to await the results little did he know however now very soon
He will become the central figure in deciding the future of Alexander's Empire
His military endeavors were just beginning
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