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Hello everyone! I am new to the forum here, but I have been lurking for quite awhile. I’m an aspiring writer, and I’ve loved alternate history for years, and I finally decided I would join and get some feedback on my writing!


Anyways, I have been working on a timeline these passed few weeks on a world where Philip of Macedon was killed in the Battle of Erigon Valley, and I was interested in getting you guys’ thoughts on what the repercussions both short and long term of that might be? I already have quite a few ideas, since I have been reading about it tirelessly, but yeah...


Obviously this would alter Aegean politics pretty significantly at a very volatile time. The battle in question took place in 358, right before the outbreak of the Social War and the Third Sacred War. Without Philip there, is a Phocian/Athenian/Spartan victory imminent? Or do you guys think that other devout Greeks might get involved to avenge the plundering of Apollo’s sanctuary at Delphi, leading to a situation in which Greece is so torn apart by internal conflict that it is ripe for the taking by some outside power?
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