Macedon has begun to fall apart after the death of Alexander I in 454.
Macedonian tribes become almost completely autonomous, and are only loosely allied to the king.
Alcetas, the eldest son of Alexander I and an unknown queen, is a grandson of Amyntas I and Eurydice.
His brothers are Perdiccas II and Prince Philip(pus).
He is known for his alcohol dependence.
After six years as king, he is killed, together with his son Alexander, by his nephew Archelaus, a son of Perdiccas by an enslaved woman.
Alcetas's younger brother (Archelaus' father) Perdiccas then takes over the Macedonian throne.
Perdiccas’s son, a child of seven years, becomes the legitimate heir.
