Episode 3 - The Partition of Babylon Part I

King of Kings by Christian Heiens

Jun 1, 202000:21:58Society & Culture

We begin our first tour of the Macedonian Empire a week after Alexander the Great's death. Having secured control of the regency in the name of the Kings Philip III Arrhidaeus and Alexander IV, Perdiccas convenes a counc...

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