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- Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Polybius
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Polybius
Extracts from Polybius On Issus In order that I may not seem to insist arbitrarily on the acceptance of my criticism of such famous writers, I will take one battle and a very celebrated one, a battle which took place at no very distant date and, what is most important, one at which Callisthenes him...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #8
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Pliny - The Natural History #8
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #7
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Pliny - The Natural History #7
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #6
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- Views: 640
Pliny - The Natural History #6
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #5
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Pliny - The Natural History #5
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #4
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Pliny - The Natural History #4
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #3
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Pliny - The Natural History #3
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:25 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #2
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Pliny - The Natural History #2
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Alexander Sources
- Topic: Pliny - The Natural History #1
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- Views: 639
Pliny - The Natural History #1
Pliny The Natural History Translated with Copious Notes and Illustrations by the late John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Late Scholar of Clare Hall, Cambridge Published by Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1855 The chapter numbers do not correspond with more rec...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
I was wondering whether these square blocks outlined in black are manmade, to clad the mountain side to prevent rock fall. the wall outlined in red is new, but I agree with the rest of the path. fascinating stuff! I think the square blocks are part of the mountain. They are not concrete and far too...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Where I think the path runs, though I have lost it at the top.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Sorry, I don't see any smaller stones. That is fairly uniform in construction. You could probably get a mule up that pathway. I am unclear though whether the upright piece of stone in the dead centre of the photo is an upright stone (shaped rather like a man in a long robe) or whether it is a contin...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:28 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 840
Re: An Unconventional Take on the Vergina Tomb: Is it Alexander’s?
This isn't a very detailed article, but Ahrweiler is currently 97 years old. With no disrespect intended, I suspect her view that Tomb II is Alexander's is not a recent view but probably one put forward following the tomb's original discovery in 1977. Scientific analysis not available then would pro...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1886
Re: The ''staircase'' of Alexander
Thank you for this photo. Am I right in thinking that the photo shows a built up pathway on the right slope? I know Alexander had, certainly later on, excellent engineers, but this looks too big a construction to have been done rapidly, and speed was Alexander's intention. Maybe therefore the constr...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
- Topic: The making of aGod ,Netflix
- Replies: 1
- Views: 863
Re: The making of aGod ,Netflix
Looks like Stone's movie updated by Game of Thrones!