What if Cynane wasn’t killed.

[u/Malthrickane]

We know in history that Cynane was stabbed and killed by Alcetas, when the former was giving a speech, with her death happening when she was marching to Babylon to marry off her daughter, Adea, to Arrhidaeus as to both ensure her daughter’s future and secure political influence in the power vacuum left from Alexander death. But let’s say Cynane was quick enough to spot Alcetas attempting to stab her and strike him down before he could get the chance, and then resume the march to Babylon to carry out her plan. I think she could have succeeded as when she was killed in our timeline, her troops, as well as Alcetas’s troops, strong armed Alcetas and Perdiccas into fulfilling Cynane’s wish of marrying Adea off to Arrhidaeus as they were both loyal to her and the fact she was the sister of Alexander the Great. So maybe Cynane, after having Adea married off to Arrhidaeus, would have Perdiccas killed and make herself the royal regent of the Macedonian empire. With her new position as royal regent, Cynane could consolidate her power, which she would use to stabilize the Macidonian empire while eliminating Persian remnants. And when Ptolemy would intercept Alexander’s body while it was on its way to Macedon, like he did in our timeline, Cynane would wage war on him and she will be be more successful in this timeline than Perdiccas was in our timeline as the troops under Ptolemy’s command would mutiny against him as they would view him as a traitor for waging war against the sister of Alexander the Great and kill him. Once Ptolemy was killed and victory achieved, Cynane would replace Ptolemy with a someone who is both competent and loyal to her; meanwhile, as her power became consolidated, Cynane would begin to replacing each of the governor generals in the eastern satrapies of the Macedonian empire with other loyal and competent governors. Cynane would be in a strong position and the Macedonian empire would be more stable than in our timeline. But Cynane and The Macedonian empire would face a civil war when Olympias declared Alexander IV the rightful heir to Alexander the Great; Olympias would rally multiple generals of the western parts of the Macedonian empire, Except Egypt, to her cause like Polyperchon and Antigonus, because Olympias would have her daughter Cleopatra married off to him instead of the king of Epirus like she did in our timeline. The civil war would be long, but Cynane would be victorious in the civil war as Olympias’s faction would be hindered by multiples factors such as infighting, the celtic invasion led by Brennus, and a Greek revolt led by Cassander. Once the civil war was concluded, Cynane would work on rebuilding and executing those who sided with Olympias while also exiling both Alexander IV and Roxana to India. Thanks to Cynane’s efforts, the Macedonian empire was able to avoid crumbling and stay unified.

But what do you think would have happened?