Alexander of Molossia is unexpectedly attacked near…

Alexander of Molossia is unexpectedly attacked near Pandosia, close to the frontiers of the Lucanians and Bruttii, and where he has taken up a permanent position on three hills.

Although he is able to cut the losses and kill the enemy leader in hand-to-hand combat, it is a severe setback.

When he tries to bring his army in safety by crossing a river, he is treacherously murdered by one of the two hundred Lucanian refugees who serve as his bodyguard.

The river happens to be called Acheron, like the river in western Greece.