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Hey, lunar eclipses are visible almost by the half planet (the one that has night).
I think that almost every lunar eclipse seen in Greece can be seen in Alexandria and Babylon too.
Correct me if i am wrong.

Shortly after Oenopides, in 432 BC, Meton and Euctemon discovered the better value of 18 years, equal to 223 months (the so-called Saros period). The Saros cycle is an eclipse cycle with a period of about 18 years 11 days 8 hours (approximately 6585⅓ days) that can be used to predict eclipses of the...

Did he intend to take advantage of the psychological effect the lunar eclipse would have on the persian soldiers? He had to work pretty fast to turn the psychological effect of the eclipse on his own soldiers to his advantage, without worrying about the Persians. ATB I ve read that the lunar eclips...

The greek scientists of Alexander's time were able to predict solar and lunar eclipses.
That kind of knowledge was not new for the time. You can study some more on the history of greek astronomers.

Did he intend to take advantage of the psychological effect the lunar eclipse would have on the persian soldiers?

Some say it was 100.000 others 120.000 others 135.000 and i wonder why the size of the army that took part in Hydaspes was much smaller. And i also wonder why there was any ground for the generals to say that 'you send your men unarmed against those beasts' since Alexander had all the gold he needed...

if thats all the info we got , i d say we know nothing about these events. So many questions running through my mind...

i meant what was he doing in Asia Minor before Alexander's invasion. I know he was sent by philip with 10.000 troops.

Did he score any victories there? In which ways would his activity have benefited a full force invasion by philip later?

does anyone have any details about what exactly was Parmenion doing there?
like where his troops were, any conflicts with Persians etc..

is there a connection between those two names-titles?

can we get dna sample from these bones or they ve become rock?

this guy is something i ll try and say it once more. 1. Alexander never turned back. 2. Whatever he conquered remained under his rule until he died. as for the rebellions they are not part of my point. Alexander made sure that the guys he left behind could make things right if something happened. Ca...

you have a completely different approach on Alexander's administration.
If you were less irrelevant to the subject i d try and debate some more with you.
I dont mean to offend you as i believe i can learn things from anyone.

Arabia was in the vicinity; Carthage was in the vicinity. The lands beyond India were not. Quite. India was a memory. I seriously doubt that Alexander harboured any overwhelming desire to return. By the time of Alexander’s death, there were no Macedonian satraps on the Indian frontier. Peithon had ...

Alexander was always careful of his back and we see that throught his campaign, even from the very beginning… This has been addressed elsewhere. Alexander was entirely practical. Practical in the sense that he’d organise whatever it took to allow him to leave and move on to the next phase of conque...