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HI Marcus! I think so too that it wasn't a primary objective there for him, but still leaving whole Egipt in Persian hands could be a little dangerouse - they could make approvisations from that. Well I believe that it was briliant idea to go there and rest knowing that egiptians will support him. M...

Af course I'm sure all those reasons You've mentioned were right. His strategy in Asia Minor was to cut off the persian feet from their land bases. Second was that Egipt was still rich but also they hated persians so it was easiest of his campaigns. He knew how the egiptian people will react on his ...

Ehh sorry for another remark but this commander who made the main charge was Soult not Lannes but Lannes in fact was on the right wing... Well I have to refresh my memory about the Napoleon...
Anywhay it's nice to be helpful.Regards
Maciek

All right small remarks... Main impact of attack was made on the centre not wing. But the tactic is the same just in this situation it was better to attack in the middle. So it is closer maybe to Granikos battle.Map of the battle is here: http://mojtaba.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=7&action=di...

Hi companions! I'll try to answer that question. Napoleon used so called economic of forces (I'm not sure if I translated corectly) in his battle of Austerlitz. There he charged main body of his army against Austrians and waited for the good conditions to send the best troops on the right flank. Sor...

I'm sure they have polish roots Jan. Did they ever mentioned it?? Poland was few times in history the country of greatest emigration...Maciek M

I also would like to see those large beds which was ment to frighten the indians.Regards
Maciek MP.S. I add my condolences...

I believe that it was his plan to marry the woman from Asia but he waited for the right one girl. I strongly believe that he waited for the affection and he finnaly found it in Roxana. He could take any other girl but he choosed this one - daughter of not the greatest Asian lords. Maciek M

Hi Ruth!! Yes he was killed in south Appenin Pennisua during crossing the river escaping from ambush of Samnites. Before that he encamped with his army in three hills with good view between each other but then on the morning there appeared the havy fog. Samnites which waited for such occasion attack...

It's a long time with You all here and You and Your posts halped me a lot im my work. From the begenning I was very enthusiastic and very one sidy but now after those two years of disscusions on this and AE forums I'm still very much enthusiastic in ancient history (especialy AtG) but also more real...

HI I'm not sure if Cartaghe was concern about it. It was then one of Greeks which came to look for fortune. Alex fought against Samnite tribes and even Rome wasn't the strongest side that time. In fact Alexander Epirot wanted even to make aliance with Romans because he saw them as the weaker enemy t...

It was a lot of work but really reading and writing about ancient is great pleasure. My "thesis" (we call it work in polish was on 120 pages and it was all to prove that Alexander's aim wasn't any drunken dream or passion for treasury. There is too much evidences for it that's why I had to...

Ha ha that was good John I remember this. Well it was some time ago but well I still have some powers...Maciek M

Hello!
Thank You Sus and Pella for gratulations. Now I'll try to publish this work as a new book;-))Regards
Maciek

I think that it was a kind of competition and Alex from Epir was very ambitious man. Reading about his campaign I think we can suspect that if not special circumstances he had much larger possibility to win whole Appenin Penisua then Pyrrhos. I think in those time there was no real threat from west ...