Fire and blood consumes Greece as hopes of unity fade and the price of freedom rises. Arcadia tries to go it alone against all wisdom as Epaminondas heads north to free the imprisoned Pelopidas. His captor, the tyrant Alexander of Pherae brutally breaks the system to pay sellsword salaries, and his unlikely ally, the democratic Athens, shrugs at the slaughter. Several city-states deploy delegations in a race to win Artaxerxes’ favor – his massive wealth is still a game changer, but the Great Satraps Revolt of Nectanebo and Datames grows, threatening to undermine his influence.
Game of Thrones at the End of Ancient Greece – Desperation and Diplomacy (Part 7)
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