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- Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:53 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Did you know ...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3109
- Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:51 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Darius the Great
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7726
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:47 am
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: Ancient Warriors - The Macedonians Documentary on Google
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2777
Ancient Warriors - The Macedonians Documentary on Google
There is a free 25-30 Minute documentary to be had on Google video about the Macedonian army and the conquests of Alexander the Great. Link below- http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=7972667589302141283&q=Ancient+warriors The video is part of an old TV series that was brodcast on the Disco...
- Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:51 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: What if Memnon went for Macedonia after Hallicarnassus?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2633
Hello... I've always wondered if the Greek city states would have joined with Memnon if his forces would have landed in Greece. After all, the defeat at Chaeronea would have being fresh in many peoples minds. Perhaps they would have remained loyal to Alexander and Antipater, seeing as many others wo...
- Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:39 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Darius Contemp or Respect?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6863
- Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:43 pm
- Forum: Book reviews
- Topic: Book about the diadochies
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4254
Hi ! I don't have much books about this era, but maybe you could go check out 'The Hellenistic World' by F.W Walbank, published by Fontana Press. Although this book is not specifically about the wars of the successors, it does have a few chapters about the warfare of the period, including the wars b...
- Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:36 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: War And Conquest Short term
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1896
Hello! Perhaps Empires can never last because they only deal with the short term. I have often wondered what would have happened if Alexander would have lived to an old age. Would he have carried on his wars of conquest? If he would have done it, there is probably no chance that the territories he h...
- Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:18 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Luck And Genius?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1840
- Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:00 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXANDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2334
- Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:40 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Long Unmechanised Marches.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6715
One thing is certain is that you have to respect the guys who managed to do all this and to do it while fighting on some occasions. I am reminded of Alexander's assault on the Sogdian Rock and how he managed to get some of his men to climb up the steep cliff edge in almost complete darkness. Even th...
- Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:25 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Darius- coward or ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12194
- Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:22 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: another myth?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3992
Oddly enough I read about the same threat being used by parents on Sicily, but this time they threatened their children with the Greek inventor and mathematician, Archimedes rather than Alexander. I think the reason behind this is that he was seen as a sorceror or a magician within his lifetime, due...
- Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:39 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: A Quick Question?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2568
Hi everyone! It is a very stirring speech. I was just reading it now ( The Penguin Classics, Aubrey De Selincourt version) and I thought that many of Alexander's claims were rather dubious, such as his claim that he had given each of the dead soldiers a fitting burial, although I thought that he had...
- Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:23 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: another myth?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3992
- Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:19 pm
- Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
- Topic: Darius- coward or ?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12194
Imagine if Darius and Alexander had decided to settle their buisness in single combat at Gaugamela instead of letting their armies engage. Would Alexander have allowed it? I think he would probably would have liked to duel with Darius, seeing as he was a big fan of the Illiad and that he emulated Ac...