Editing Philip III of Macedon (section)

===Death===
That same year (317 BC), Polyperchon and [[Olympias]] allied with her cousin, [[Aeacides of Epirus|Aeacides]], king of [[Epirus]], and invaded Macedonia. The Macedonian troops refused to fight Olympias, the mother of Alexander. Philip and Eurydice had no choice but to escape, only to be captured at [[Amphipolis]] and thrown into prison.

It soon became clear that Philip was too dangerous to be left alive, as Olympias's many enemies saw him as a useful tool against her. She had him executed, while his wife was forced to commit suicide.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hammond |first=Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpb3JdwuDQIC&pg=PA210 |title=A History of Macedonia: 336–167 B.C. |last2=Walbank |first2=Frank William |date=1988 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=9780198148159 |pages=140 |language=en}}</ref>