Jason of Pherae isn't assassinated

Jason of Pherae (Ancient Greek: Ιάσων των Φερών), was the ruler of Thessaly during the period just before Philip II of Macedon came to power. He had succeeded his father Lycophron I of Pherae as tyrant of Pherae and was appointed tagus, or king, of Thessaly in the 370s BC and soon extended his control to much of the surrounding region. Controlling a highly trained mercenary force as well as the famous Thessalian cavalry, Jason briefly transformed Thessaly into a powerful Greek state and even spoke of invading the Persian Empire. Before writing to Philip II, Isocrates sent letters to Jason requesting that he unify Greece, as Philip later would.
However, Jason was assassinated in 370 before his ambitions could be realized.
Could this ambitious and highly competent leader have gone on to unite Hellas? What would be the effect of a Thessalian Empire on history?
 
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Jason of Pherae (Ancient Greek: Ιάσων των Φερών), was the ruler of Thessaly during the period just before Philip II of Macedon came to power. He had succeeded his father Lycophron I of Pherae as tyrant of Pherae and was appointed tagus, or king, of Thessaly in the 370s BC and soon extended his control to much of the surrounding region. Controlling a highly trained mercenary force as well as the famous Thessalian cavalry, Jason briefly transformed Thessaly into a powerful Greek state and even spoke of invading the Persian Empire. Before writing to Philip II, Isocrates sent letters to Jason requesting that he unify Greece, as Philip later would.
However, Jason was assassinated in 370 before his ambitions could be realized.
Could this ambitious and highly competent leader have gone on to unite Hellas? What would be the effect of a Thessalian Empire on history?

Ooo... That's good. Never heard of this guy before. Always glad to learn something new.


I would suspect that like a longer surviving Phillip (who had some of the same ambitions as his son Alexander), that a northern Greek could accomplish a chunk of what Alexander did. OTOH, Alexander was particularly great, and also lucky, so I don't think either Phillip or Jason would manage quite as much as Alexander did.

Not knowing anything about Thessaly, I can't really say more.
 
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