But while he's there with his military forces, so while he's there with his military forces, you can imagine the other city-states of Greece, in particular Athens and Thebes, say, hey, now's our chance. The king, King Philip, is dead. Alexander's out fighting with the Illyrians. Let's rise up and regain our independence. And many of them thought that Alexander might have already died in a previous military campaign. And so you can imagine they were very surprised after Alexander took control through a siege at Pelium and is able to come down surprisingly quickly. He really makes his soldiers march hundreds of kilometers in a matter of weeks to come down and put down the rebellion from his point of view at Thebes.