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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 3292514, member: 87080&quot;]You have some very nice coins [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] and this is a great idea for a thread.&nbsp; In terms of pure military ability I would argue someone like Pyrrhus of Epirus would have made for an incredibly formidable successor to Alexander. With the resources at his disposal who knows what he could have achieved.&nbsp; Maybe a conquest of those weak Romans <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; That said, he would have been completely unable to keep the empire together.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my mind there is only one man that could have done that, and it is Seleukos I Nikator.&nbsp; Throughout his career, first as an infantry general under Alexander then as satrap of Babylon in 321 BC after the Partition of Triparadisus, he showed an incredible ability to maneuver and plot diplomatically.&nbsp; He was skilled at building alliances and coming out on the winning side. He could also be ruthless, such as the murder of Perdiccas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seleukos was also a skilled military commander.&nbsp; He set out from Egypt with 800 infantry and 200 cavalry and conquered the eastern provinces, making Babylon his capital.&nbsp; He also defeated Antigonus I and Demetrios in the Babylonian war.&nbsp; He played a crucial role at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC, where Antigonus I was killed.&nbsp; In 284 BC he would defeat Lysimachos and hold all of Alexander&#039;s empire except for Egypt and parts of mainland Greece.&nbsp; The only reason he didn&#039;t take Egypt was that Ptolemy had sheltered and aided him against Antigonus after he fled Babylon in 315 BC.&nbsp; Seleukos felt beholden to Ptolemy and remained faithful to him for his entire life.</p><p><br /></p><p>In summary, Seleukos was a skilled military commander, adroit diplomat and statesman, and loyal friend. What more could you want?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my coins of Seleukos I Nikator.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]870717[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]870718[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]870719[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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