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by rjones2818
Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:21 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Enigma 2 (the truth)
Replies: 17
Views: 7184

Hi, all. I don’t see many differences between what happened and what could have happened as far as Christianity is concerned. After all, in the second century b.C. the Jews had already rebelled against the Seleucids, who were a Macedonic empire and not always tolerant in religious matters; it was t...
by rjones2818
Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:35 pm
Forum: 'Off-topic' forum
Topic: 300 Spartans
Replies: 7
Views: 3458

Actors

cheers val i got it penciled in. i know none of the actors so maybe thats a good thing. i need a little antidote for all the american comedies out next year. kenny Gerard Butler is Leonidas - you might remember him from Wes Craven's "Dracula 2000" where he played the count who was Judas I...
by rjones2818
Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:43 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Archimedes Palimpsest
Replies: 3
Views: 2184

Archimedes Palimpsest

Apparently they've found some new information on Salamis and Chaeronea. Here's a link in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/arts/27greek.html?hp&ex=1164603600&en=0d1ab07f3d6bdddf&ei=5094&partner=homepage And here's the homepage of the research on the Palimpsest: http://w...
by rjones2818
Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:06 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Pankration blog
Replies: 49
Views: 21628

Re: Gomi!

stavros wrote:
rjones2818 wrote:Gomi!
Gomi!!
Gomi!!!

:twisted:
is there anything bothering u twisted evil???? :roll:
I figured that cheering might not be acceptable, hence :twisted: .

Gomi's the closest person, along with Fedor, to being my idea of a fighting God.
Plus he's the best looking of the fighters.

Rex
by rjones2818
Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:11 pm
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Pankration blog
Replies: 49
Views: 21628

Gomi!

Gomi!
Gomi!!
Gomi!!!

:twisted:
by rjones2818
Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:07 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander's appearance
Replies: 15
Views: 6600

Re:

I was watching Tommy last night. I tend to think that Roger Daltry is probably as close to what I think Alexander looks like of anybody I've seen. He needs a little more thickness, but if anybody were to write an alternate universe "Alexander at 60," Mr. Daltry is who I would choose to pla...
by rjones2818
Fri Nov 03, 2006 3:15 pm
Forum: Art and Culture
Topic: Who Ever Heard Of The Italian Empire?
Replies: 34
Views: 12320

re:

Efstathios, that was exactly what i was going to say... I think if theres a debate on how the empire should be called the first to give an answer would have to be Alexander himself. And so he did. After the battle of Granicus Alexander sent to Athens 300 persian armors with the following message: &...
by rjones2818
Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:10 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Overated and Lucky
Replies: 30
Views: 9203

Spot on Revisionist

:D

We know that there are enough people who want to tear down Alexander. We shouldn't be amazed when one writes about it on the board. My guess is that he's just trolling.

:evil:

Rex
by rjones2818
Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:34 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Shanameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Replies: 5
Views: 2319

re: Shahnameh

The Shahnameh appears to be one of the foundations for Nizami's Sikander Nama E. Bara, which has the isbn 8186142851. The most current volumes in English are beautiful, at least the volume with Alexander in it, and are available at amazon.com. The volume with Alexander in it has the isbn of 09342116...
by rjones2818
Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:02 pm
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Shanameh by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Replies: 5
Views: 2319

re: Shanameh

The most current english editions cost about $120 each - 3 vols. - and may be the most beautiful books I've seen recently (well, at least the Alexander volume - here's the isbn: 093421168X ). The Shanameh sections on our hero are similar to the Persian Alexander Romance Sikandernameh e bara by Nazim...
by rjones2818
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:45 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: Bagoas ( Some clarification needed )
Replies: 8
Views: 4674

Yes, I do have the book...I'm currently reading it so I'm not able to give you the total low down. Dr. Pal's writing style is interesting (it has been suggested that English may be a second language), but I've been reading his web pages for a while. He does do a lot of connecting by names by roots a...
by rjones2818
Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:01 pm
Forum: Alexander's contemporaries
Topic: Bagoas ( Some clarification needed )
Replies: 8
Views: 4674

Re: Bagoas

Hi all, One of the main points in Ranajit Pal's Non-Jonesian Indology and Alexander is that Bagoas the Eunuch (as opposed to Bagoas the boy toy :twisted: ) was that he survived and attached himself to Alexander as he headed toward India. It's a very fascinating view, IMHO. Copies of the book are ver...
by rjones2818
Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:46 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXANDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 2334

My only question is as to if I should put out a brithday offering before my statue of the great king?

:D

Rex
by rjones2818
Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:03 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: How do you describe/explain Alexander in <= 4 sentences?
Replies: 59
Views: 22587

Amnytoros wrote: theaccursed Quote: Instead he's, at best, a mad, delusional, paranoid drunk who possibly wanted to have sex with his mother and possibly was behind the murder of his father...and was a decent, or even pretty good, or even brilliant commander. rjones2818 Quote: I tend to side with m...
by rjones2818
Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:56 pm
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: How do you describe/explain Alexander in <= 4 sentences?
Replies: 59
Views: 22587

TheAccursed:

Actually, this has been a most enlightening discussion.

You should be thanked... :roll:

Thanks. :D

I tend to side with most of what you've written, particularly about his being denigrated by many, if not most, current popular historians and academics.