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Well of course... the entirety of the fantasy tale as contended by certain indian conspiracy theorists.

But Alexander won the battle against Poros, right, Paralus?

Ok but wait....a thousand pardons, perhaps its due to the night out with the boys last night I am not clear in thehead, or maybe I need to read up on irony, but Alexander didn't lose against Porus, did he??! What did you mean by "debilitating and embarassing end" in context of Alexander th...

Aha... so Seleukos was not defeated by Chandragupta then?? Interesting... well, I didn't believe it anyway... no way Seleukos would have been beaten... Very interesting read indeed... thank you so much for taking the time to answer, Paralus... so giving of you.. But what I meant was: who, too, came ...

Well what do you know Paralus... you even managed to throw in some details I didn't about :wink: What a great, well put answer from you... One should really just write these conspiracy theorists in big bold letters: Alexander won, get over it!! The indians have lost so many wars that they are desper...

Paralus, a most comprehensive answer!!

Paralus, have you ever entered a debate with someone who foolishly and falsely claimed that Alexander lost against Porus? If not, would you ever...?

Thanks Derek for your reply!


Yes, Paralus haha you're spot on with the nonsense they keep pulling! But why do they do it?? Why do they perpetutate that falsity about Alexander losing?!

Sandros, I applaude you response! I agree with you, and ironically, I've found lately that it mostly is those in India who is most adverse to Alexander... why??

And they keep on with the nonsense that Porus actually won the battle... dear, dear me...

Thank you for replying, Alexias! :) I find it somewhat strange, the scant nature of replies in this thread.. :shock: 1. What are your thoughts on rest of what she wrote? I find her very anti faction.. like on some personal crusade to disparage Alexander. 2. Interesting though about later greek conqu...

Hey Paralus!

Wish to expand on your thoughts...? I am curious..

Hello! Been a really long time since posting here. Anyway, came across this silly biased article written by some woman who makes a futile attempt to degrade and diminish Alexander's achievements. What are your thoughts on it? Here's the link... not a very long article. It is fairly recent... https:/...

Thank you, both. Just finished reading Appian and Livy.. He had great success on the left, Antiochos... Sean you wrote, "which continued for some time because the Romans were too scared to come to grips with them." What do you mean? The romans were scared to come to grips with the phalanx?...

Paralus: I really recommend Pyrrhus of Epirus by Jeff Champion. I've read it twice now. I couldn't agree with you more when you say he would have differed with Antiochos dispositions. I am pretty sure he would have won, though. Antiochos had a fairly good chance of taking the cake that day, and it ...

Sean and Paralus Vastly interesting views, of yours, on this topic. I enjoyed reading it so. The thing that continues to stick in my craw is how unlucky the macedonian phalanx system continued to manifest itself against the romans. Magnesia, Pydna, Cynosephalae... Undoubtedly, the most clever of the...

Thank you Sean for an excellent and comprehensive answer! I read it twice. :-) Lets not forget also that Antiochos had a pretty good advantage on his right wing but he should have kept on charging instead of heading down to the roman camp. Very carelessly done... Pyrrhus had some great success again...

Thank you so much for the links! )


But what do you think the phalanx should have done?