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I think the main reason for conquering Arabia was to secure the southern Persian Gulf coast to open up trade with India. The mouth of the Euphrates was still open to sea-going ships and would have brought trade into the heart of Persia. The conquest of Arabia had probably been planned since the marc...

How's your trip going, Delos? Glad you made it as far afield as Mieza. I thought you were going to spend too long in Delphi to see other places.

Xenophon, you appear to be missing the point. The fact was that you caused offense to at least three people on this thread with your dismissive and superior tone. ......only for those interested in the 'minutiae' of the subject and the usual various digressions. For readers generally, I can save the...

A lady on http://www.diary.ru posted these images of waxworks from the new Archaeological Museum in Skopje, Macedonia.

Thank you, Amyntoros. My response would have been less on-topic.

Distressing. Nothing changes.

There might well be a case to say that the Scasato Apollo is influenced by portraits of Alexander and it may well be an image of him, but it is often difficult to say whether such images are meant to be Apollo, Alexander, or just a generic 'heroic' type that has been influenced by the work of Lysipp...

Liana Souvaltzi. She has uncovered a Greek temple at Siwah that was discovered in the 19th century and is convinced it is Alexander's tomb (even though it isn't and most people think she is at best unreliable). How did the Israelis get it shut down? Don't think the Egyptian government would do it to...

Good Lord, I've just worked it out - it must be over 30 years since I read RLF.

Equally baffled, Pauline, but I think Nicator is referring to the plot of his fictional epic. Is it time to start a new thread that is Alexander-related? Does anyone have any suggestions? A read-through and discussion of one of the sources? A read-through of one of the recognised text books? It's ye...

Amyntoros, that seems like an awful lot of work to undertake. Sean, I'm curious. Why have you chosen now to voice your complaints about this forum? I think that the decline in posting had something to do with all the arguments and very long threads. Some people enjoy that but its not my cup of tea. ...

Karl's funeral is on 3rd May at 4.30 pm at Beckenham Cemetery & Crematorium, Kent. Thanks, Pauline, for helping me find out the details. I am away from home that day, but will try to light a candle. I have arranged for some flowers to be sent to the funeral. Pauline has sent some too. It did not...

Oh, God, that's terrible. RIP, and condolences to his family. He will be sorely missed.

Who has suggested that Cassander might have built a tomb for Olympias? It is quite a preposterous suggestion. He hated her grimly. Besides it was not his responsibility. It was the responsibility of her family and in particular the responsibility of her grandson, the recognised sole king of the Mac...

Thanks. Agnes Saville also says, several times but without offering any evidence, that Cassander would not allow any positive biography of Alexander to be published. I think she may just be extrapolating that backwards because Ptolemy didn't get round to writing his memoirs until he was an old man. ...