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085 Antigonid Macedon - Storm Clouds In The West

The Hellenistic Age Podcast

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The Death of Ptolemy IV Philopator

Philip's first attempts at world conquest were not as likely as he envisioned him to be, but his stranglehold over Greece had tightened. With a fresh army and many campaigns under his girdle, Philip looked instead to the east for his glorious conquests. As the poet Alkias of Messini so begrudgingly put it, nothing would stand against the Macedonians' rulers' dreams of world domination.

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