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Alexander was generous and kind. He always preferred to give too much, rather than too little. His men loved him for this reason and that's why they were willing to do almost anything for him. In fact, the only thing the Macedonians loved more than Alexander was their country. This quality persists ...

It looks like another fill-in-time activity of the mega-rich.

jan wrote: discovered Alexander

I like that.

Hi Theseus, I too have heard many stories on Alexander the Great's death. While poisoning was a popular story once (with Cassander, the mule's hoof, and all), it's somewhat been concluded that no poison known at the time would have caused such a high, continuous fever, and slow death. Though poison...

On the other hand, Alexander was pretty busy with earth-bound activities (riding, hunting etc) for most of his life, so it may be possible that he couldn't swim. And what of it if he couldn't? To swim is to give oneself up to something one can't control and let it control you and take you where it w...

Thank you. I shall look for the book after I've finished several I'm reading at the moment.

Andrew Chugg is an archaeologist who, for some years now, has been obsessed with the idea of discovering Alexander's lost tomb. Among the places he's looked are Nectanebo's coffin and, more recently, the tomb of St. Mark. Looking at his attempts, one cannot help but admire the tenacity and single-mi...

A couple of years ago I was listening to the radio. It was tuned to a news station; the kind where the presenters read the newspapers and any other interesting literature on the air for the benefit of the sight impaired. The lady was reading an article on the topic of great heroes or leaders of hist...

'When Alexander spread Greek culture into Asia, it laid the groundwork for the development of the churches in Asia minor and greater Asia by Greek, Jewish and Assyrian missionaries.' hmm! ... and I have a daughter that will be commencing year 7 next year at a Victorian school. smittysmitty - I don'...

ROFL You guys are pissers! I've never been to such a creative message board.

Far out Marcus. I had no idea it's such a popular name. Could understand why though; after all, how many Greeks call their kids Alexander?

I just realised, if my name were said backwards, I'd be an Attila too. Spoooky.

When did the Persians conquer Macedon? And what do you mean by Greece being connected to the Persian king's purse? There were mercenaries in Asia Minor, certainly, but most of the Greeks were independent and free. It's for this reason that they could go out and fight the Persians on so many occasio...

What do other people say about him? Have you ever met serious fanatics or really unlikely fans? Your experiences would be very welcome and valued. :D Well a buddy of mine called Attila we used to play chess a lot and he would speek about the Huns & Alexander the great, the things he said about ...

Which it obviously didn't! Poo! Will have to try again ... ... and now I find that it automatically includes my Avatar now that I've got it working. Ignore these messages! M :lol: I tried to put up an Avatar but it was too big in KB. Any ideas on this? It seemed I had to cut it down to such a small...

A while ago I was taking a History class and was asking each student in turn to tell me what was their favourite historical period? I received many answers, then one of the boys declared, "I'd like to go back to the time of ancient Greece and Rome and of Alexander the Great!" This impresse...