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Unless Alexander was himself ultimately responsible for his father’s assassination (an implausible view, but one already canvassed in antiquity), he cannot have foreseen the moment of his own succession to a father who, though grizzled, was in the prime of life. His reaction to the turn of events was remarkably swift and cool. Two highly placed suspects were killed immediately. Not many actual rivals had to be eliminated, however, because Alexander’s succession was not in serious doubt. A son of Philip’s brother Perdiccas, Amyntas, was still alive, but there was no reason for Alexander to see him as a threat; ...(100 of 64077 words)