Episode 2 - Showdown in Babylon

King of Kings by Christian Heiens

May 18, 202000:23:27Society & Culture

Blood is spilled in Babylon, as the generals Perdiccas and Meleager resort to ruthless measures in the struggle over who should succeed Alexander the Great as King of Macedon.

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