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Alexander's Successors at War: The Spartan Adventurer

The Ancients

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The Most Wanted Man in the Empire

Thibrone, a spartan mercenary commander who had accompanied his paymaster since he fled babylon. Emboldened by his high standing with the mercenaries, harpalus lacklustr leadership and his own ambitions thibrone approached and then assassinated his unsuspecting leader,. The most wanted man in the empire was dead. A band of hellenic statesmen watched these dramatic events unfold before their eyes. They were exiles, suppliants, banished from their place of birth, far away from their home city. Thibrone proclaimed himself the new leader of the merc nary expedition, securing their loyalty through gifts and promises of future riches.

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