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Hi Agesilaos & Marcus; thanks for for your detailed commentaries: Alexander, too, the king of Epirus, having been invited into Italy by the Tarentines, who desired his assistance against the Bruttians, had gone thither as eagerly as if, in a division of the world, the east had fallen by lot to A...

Heck, Marcus, we all know it was the CIA backed by Mafia money, didn't Oliver Stone put that in the editor's edition? :D :lol: Hi, Pothosians. A tempting possibility, right :wink: ? BTW, is there any evidence of any Macedonian CIA-like intelligence or black-ops service? The companion cavalry maybe?...

Hi to all Pothosians. The title is self-explanatory. ... Either directly by the Macedonians or indirectly by a tricked Bessus. I suppose he could have been, but I don't think he was. I have, for a long time, wondered what Alexander would have done had he captured Darius alive. Any decision would ha...

Hi to all Pothosians. The title is self-explanatory. ... Either directly by the Macedonians or indirectly by a tricked Bessus. And Bessus be blamed as a convenient scapegoat. Analogous to the case of the Aztec tlatoani Moctezuma according to some Mesoamerican chroniclers (like Ixtixochitl). Cortes a...

Hi alll again; The title is self-explanatory; could the kingdom of Epiros, homeland of the mother of Alexander the Great, have been considered a satellite of Macedonia under the reigns of Alexander I Molossos and Aeacides? (Contemporaries of AtG) Or were they just allies in equal terms? Any input wi...

Hi to all Pothosians.

The title is self-explanatory; the political status of such great island during Alexander's reign (especially after Gaugamela)is not clear to me.

Any contribution would be highly welcomed; thanks in advance.

Best regards,
A. M0n0ohthalm0s

Hi to all Pothosians; this is my first post here. Is anyone here aware of any report of this legend previous to the Macedonian invasion of 333 BC? Thanks in advance. Hi Monophthalmos, and welcome to Pothos. As far as I am aware, there is not report of the legend prior to Alexander's visit to Gordio...

Hi to all Pothosians; this is my first post here.

Is anyone here aware of any report of this legend previous to the Macedonian invasion of 333 BC?

Thanks in advance.