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Paralus wrote: The entire exercise was, at best, disingenuous. There are other terms for such activity on a forum....

Paralus, I can't take it anymore. You are really destroying my dreams.
How about stop acting like a guardian of absolute truth about Alexander?

Faith as history. Finally you figure it out. Yes, my essay is not a scientific one. Tell me if you really understand that. Paralus, if I want, in the future, to make a scientific essay, I will make one because I can. If I want to write that Alexander loved Roxanne, I will do that because I can. If ...

Despite the protests of W.W. Tarn, this was not a call for universal equality I didn't know that W.W. Tarn sustains this paragraph to be a call for universal equality. Why he did sustains such a thing, if there are no source material, as Paralus says? Because Tarn wanted Alexander to be a certain t...

The soldiers were free to leave when he told them they were free to leave. This happened at very specific times, and until 324 BC the only troops he allowed to leave were the non-Macedonians who had fulfilled the terms of their service - e.g. the Thessalians. Even in 324 he didn't allow all his sol...

I wouldn't want us to go too far on the "spin-doctoring" route, though. Alexander clearly did care about his soldiers' welfare, and he very clearly gained their trust and affection because he never asked them to do anything he wouldn't do himself. Pouring away the water wasn't just a calc...

Well, the idea of Persian oppression in Egypt was exaggerated Exaggerated? By who? Egyptians didn't try to revolt from the persian rule at the beginning of Alexander's march in Asia, when he moved across Dardanelles? He wasn't welcomed at Susa because people hated Persian rule. While Susa had origi...

Asander, The "equality" hypothesis is often inspired by a speech that is attributed to Alexander during the mass weddings of Susa. However, it's a speech that was coined by a Greek diplomat over 2000 years after Alexander's death. If you take this fake speech Alexias, The fake speech is t...

Er, were any miracles attributed to Alexander or did he rise from the dead? I am not even going to go there with the comparison between Jesus and Alexander – I’ve got better things to do. I didn't make this comparison, Weigall did. I just mentioned it. Alexander considered himself to be son of God,...

Asander, I am sorry to disagree with you, but Alexander did not believe in equality for all men. He owned slaves; he sold 30,000 men, women and children from Thebes into slavery; he sold the Greek soldiers who fought for the Persians at Granicus into slavery; he sold the inhabitants of Tyre into sl...

All mortals should live like one, united, and peacefully working towards the common good. You should regard the whole world as your country, a country where the best govern, with common laws, and no racial distinctions. I do not separate people, as many narrow-minded others do. I am not interested ...

Paralus wrote:

Asander wrote: Any answer not in conformity with your view would be considered irrelevant.

I'm searching for all possible theories and ideas that are not supporting the notion about Alexander's equality. If you don't want to aswer, please don't make a cheap show.

Hi Asander, With regard to Hephaistion - it may have been that Alexander was being diplomatic and sparing Sisygambis further embarrassment with his quick and charming reply. Yes, maybe. It's just a theory... Regarding my last paragraph about Plutarch - "in a battle Alexander was bad injured, a...

I'm new to this forum but... no offense, why the posts are not submited in the moment when I press the button? Why it's necessary a approval who come after two days? For example, because I don't know english very well, I have edited two words from my post. And... suprprise, now I'm supposed to wait ...

Alesias Semiramis Yes, I totally agree with you, but I think he wanted to conquer the world because he truly believe in the unity of all mankind. Equal rights, equal judgement, equal treatment for all. Regarding his wish to be worship as a god. Well, I think that Alexander was more intelligent and c...

Hello everybody. I am doing a small essay about him and I will like to know if his vision includes equality among all people. I do think so, but I'm not really sure and I don't want to write nonsenses; therefore, how do you define this particulary aspect? Was Alexander, a king, equal with his subjec...