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paralus.You seem to be getting over excited. Just making a point about small numbers holding against vaste numbers. Regardless of era. Weapons etc its all about discipline holding the line and fighting. To reflect on Isandwana a great example of stuffed shirt incompetence. Lord Chelmsford one of Que...

Porthonians Reading Alexanders military shinanegans its fair to say he was a lucky boy. Its admirable that he hid lead from the front. But just how lucky was he until the arrow nearly finished him. We gotta think Alexander was engaged in scores of incident without been killed. Horatio Nelson didnt g...

Paralus Hail I know your quite right with 500.000 too much for Alexanders 47000. It really isnt too extraordinary. I recall Boudica with around 100 000. Under her command been totally Anhialated by roughly 20 000 Romans. And those British soldiers around 200 Max holding 4000 Zulus at Roarks Drift. I...

Paralu hail I really gotta take issue with the problem of suataining a large force. The Persians as we say were at home in there own back yard. There must have been Cities Granaries farms producers etc that would sustain. Even if not by force he could very well afford to pay for what he needed. If a...

Paralus Hail Compliments on your remarks about the Roman war Machine. Yesterday I watched a programe about Spartans. Indeed the word Spartan is apropriare. From early childhood these boys were groomed and hard hammered into tough warriors. I cans recall a system as harsh and selective of the warrior...

Gday Cobber. Thanks for the education with that part of the contingents.Would you agree with the opinions about Alexanders Cavalry as a whole. As equal to any Cavalry through history and on par would it be correct that the Thesalian Cavalry were every bit as good as the companions. They sure put tho...

Paralus Hail

Thanks for puttimg me right. Thassalian Cavalry. I done too many late shifts

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Kenny

With Reference to the Thracian Forces particullay the Thracian Horse who many consider equal if not better than the Companion Cavalry. I wonder with the Thracian Forces why they were more faithful and trustworthy than the Southern Greeks. THe were so well trusted they were in the front line with Par...

Eftsa Hail I gotta stand by your remarks here. As you say the Persian Empire was huge and the man powere must have been multiples of Greece. Darius faced Alexannder twice in full scale battle and I am sure the guy must have mustered as many forces as he could. Lets face it you dond go to a shootout ...

We and military historians relate and rate Alexander as the greatest field commander General ever. {Arguably} Is this fair or are we biased. Was Alexander the Real deal? I ask this of members and opinions. I think he was. some people say he defeated a weak Persian enemy. I say he fought thwe best at...

Anon Paralu Hail. Your points are pretty bang on as Paralu said to hit Carthage at the time of Tyre was folly and at sucha junction was indeed Nazi and even Napoleonic Russian disaster. Which indeed seperates Alexander from I would say all the great Generals apart from the Persian Gates and Gedrosia...

Hail Porthonian. Recently there has been debate on to the rationale of turning west and attacking Rome. I have recently astarted reading the histories of Carthage and it is quite clear that Carthage was a super powere before the Romans and when Alexander had it in mind to take Carthage he was basica...

Hail Porthonians We just had a series on Sky called Civilisation and war. And a statement was made towards the end of one programe about Alexander wich bears testament to his achievements. It was recorder that Alexander was the most succesful Westewrn Conquerer towards the East. Alexanders realm rea...

You hit it on the head Nicator. With the reports od adictions etc with Farrel it was evident that he was totally blotto. He looked like a guy totally out of his head. Call the film panoramic or poetic. But it was way too borring. And no matter how much poetic excuses are brought up it was a mess. I ...

This Is relative to Alexander. I was aware that the Colin Farrel movie. The NEw World was basically straight to video. I thought I would ignore the critics and take a look. Fair to say the movie was the most borring tosh ive ever seen. And Colin Farrel looks totally vacant and out of his head. I jus...