Murder at Amphipolis
· Amphipolis, Macedon, ancient Greece

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Cassander ordered the killing of Roxana and Alexander IV while they were held at Amphipolis, ending Alexander’s legitimate direct line. Ancient and modern chronologies disagree over the exact year. The death year is contested: accounts and modern reconstructions range from 311 to 304 BC, though this source presents 310 BC.