Pyyhrus of Epirus

[Swordmaster]

Phyrus' body was decapitated by a Celtic or Thracian mercenary and brought to Antigonus' son, who brought in in thriump to his father. Antigonus berated his son for this barbarism, but I don't know what he did with the grisly trophy.

Treated the him as a true king and gave him proper funerary rites.

Pyrrhos, great general, but far from the brilliant statesman that Alexandros was. Still, by far one of the most intriguing characters of the era.

Alexander had a son - Alexandros II

Megas Alexandros = Alexandros III, so his son was really Alexandros IV.

[Axel JD]

Discussing who would be the "rightful" heir of Alexander is rather pointless since Alexander himself wasn't even the "rightful" heir of the Macedonian kingdom. Nor was his father, Philip II of Macedon, if observing the real law of succession that is. Philip II originally came to power as the guardian of what's-his-name, who was a minor. But he was the guy with the big stick and so he sort of slipped into kingship when no one was looking.

Ancient politics is really rather haphazad, half of the time it just seems like bad slapstick.

Oh, and by the way, I'm new to the forums.

[Wolfman]

I think i'm authorized to say Welcome to the Forums Axel JD!

[Rundownloser]

Indeed, welcome and enjoy your stay.

[Maeran]

But he was the guy with the big stick

Pretty much the main qualification for kingship in any era.

Good first post.

[PenguinLobster]

Seems like any Greek with an army claimed to be Alexander's heir.

[geala]

Maybe the last true "heir" of Alexander was Antigonos Monophthalmos who stood for the idea of a unified empire after the death of Perdikkas. With his death in the battle of Ipsos the division of Alexanders kingdom was more or less cemented. Wether Seleukos had the same ambitions is controversial.

[Morte66]

Seems like any Greek with an army claimed to be Alexander's heir.

There may be some truth in that. Perhaps nobody is born the heir of Alexander, it's a title you earn through deeds.