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Ptolemy I, son of Lagos
While he did not operate on as many fronts as his fellow commanders, Ptolemy I followed a strategic policy of protecting his kingdom and expanding it. He built an empire that included Cyrenaica, Cyprus, Coele-Syria, Phoenicia, while maintaining overlordship of the Aegean islands, Judaea, Rhodes. In addition, he founded a ruthless thalassocracy that dominated the Agean and eastern Mediterranean, faciliating trade, fuelling economic prosperity, and bolstering security.
Macedon, Basuki
Macedon, the beginning of the end. Cares for nobody else's melodramatics but his own, and sleeps at night knowing nothing is his fault because he's sad and makes poetry. He also likes world domination and all that. Raised mainly by Athens and Thebes; Athens provided him the love for literature and the ability to read, and Thebes provided the military skills and brawny stuff. They would both soon come to regret this, but mostly Thebes considering he was killed first. By someone he kind of…
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