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TIL of Ptolemy Ceranus, who was a son to Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy. Rejected from inheriting his father's Egyptian throne he traveled to Macedonia where he made the kingdom fall to an invasion, assassinated the conqueror, and then died in battle - causing 2 years of anarchy in the region

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