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so your only point is that we have no clue how much Lysimachus and Antigonus drank.
okay Alexander was drinking alone.

This discussion isnt about alexander's ability to live a long life, but what his priorities would have been if alive for long. its a miracle he reached 20 If you ask me.

I'd like to point out that it took Alexander roughly 10 years to go from Granicus to India and back. Dynamic as he was, Alexander had an expiration date. Even if he had lived beyong his early 30s, I think it's safe to say that wounds, hardship, etc. would have limited his travels to the relative vi...

I just think there were other priorities than northwestern Europe. The 'empires' of Ganges were more important than villagemen who couldnt write their own language. And his adventurous nature was much more intrigued by the unknown Ocean of the East than the known ocean of the west. If i had to bet ...

awww thats normal he only came back once. i meant no serious military revolt was provoked in his back.

jason i dont mind calling me names its ok. i am here only to make friends anyways. By my previous post i didnt mean to say that Alexander would stay doing nothing. I just think there were other priorities than northwestern Europe. The 'empires' of Ganges were more important than villagemen who could...

jason i dont think western europe matter to him at all. lets not forget the envoys sent by the celts and the peoples who dwelled around Danube crowning him as king. These were pretty barbaric natives who posed no threat to the civilized world and of course there was no gold to be had there. I think ...

I read Cambyses II intended to launch an expedition against Carthage after Siwa, but the Phoenicians refused to join him. Why didnt Alexander attack Carthage when in Egypt? Was he in a hurry or Carthaginians sent envoys to assure they ll cause him no trouble?

Makran was one of his greatest victories. I think one book out of it would be really cool.

anyone?

I know Phillip besieged Perinthus but fell short from conquering it. What about the status of that city and Byzantium. Did they go under macedonian influence subsequently after the battle at Chaeroneia? If not why didnt Alexander pay any attention on these cities? I think they meant a lot since Peri...

Paralus have you read Thucydides?

Cutting in here, although I know the following remark wasn't addressed to me. So unlike you i believe that Alexander wanted to weaken the Persian Empire and after the letter of Darius he made clear to everyone that his goal was to destroy the Persian Empire and to establish the universal Hellenic s...

Everything from his birth to 'the hopes'.

So dont ask me if mithraism had an effect on christianity cause the answer is OFC. And i am sure that you will agree that without Alexander mithraism might have never evovlved in Europe. And ofcource Alexander was not the only parameter on that thing either. I am going to stress again that the main...

Can we imagine Christianity forming under the auspices of the Persian Empire? Of course not. There couldn't have ever been Christianity without stoicism. And stoicism couldn't have evolved and spread to middle east without centers like Antioch and Alexandria via koine Greek and of course Christiani...