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My reference to Epeiros was for an in-game, supposedly overgrown one. (See most of any AS in the AI progress thread.) I know when and how Pyrrhos died in the real world.

I made my previous post, went to bed but it kept bugging my mind;

In decentralized, confederate structures, there must be even more to a central "thing" to keep them together. To hold the satrapies from deciding to do their own on their own. (Baktria and Hayasdan were Seleucid satrapies. The latter was practically independent and its head was recognized king by foreigners, that's why it was included in EB with a tie so to speak - see the inside forum archive for the historical document and discussions if you wish).

An emphasis on faction leader would represent that "thing" which had some effect to keep them together. It doesn't necessarily have to mean a Louis XIV type king or an Ottoman emperor. But what happened to his empire after Aleksandros dies still stands...

I know, distance to capital is hard-coded sucummurgi.
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