Charonea revisited

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dean
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Charonea revisited

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Hello,I was just thinking a bit about young alexander and wondering just how much of his undoubtable "genius" was allowed to come into play on the battlefield at Charonea- or if moreover, his father was pulling "all" the strings on the day.One thing is for sure- the notorious "sacred band" certainly met their match.Best regards,
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Have you ever seen the site of that famous battlefield? Simply amazing!
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Have you ever seen the site of that famous battlefield? Simply amazing!
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Hello Ruth,No I can't say that I have seen the battlefield, that is the thing with reading so many books,-.you tend to imagine a lot of it in your mind.What do you think makes the place so special?Best regards,
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Hello Ruth,No I can't say that I have seen the battlefield, that is the thing with reading so many books,-.you tend to imagine a lot of it in your mind.What do you think makes the place so special?Best regards,
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Hello Dean,
This question has occured to me in the past. My feelings are that Philip was responsible for the overall battle plan, i.e...the feigned retreat on the right spinning on Alexander's linch pin on the left. But once the battle was duly underway, it was Alexander's tactical ability that took over. Particularly, the splitting of the band from the center, and flanking them from the side and rear while maintaining the full frontal attack with the Companions. later Nicator
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Thus, rain sodden and soaked, under darkness cloaked,
Alexander began, his grand plan, invoked...

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Re: Charonea revisited

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Hello Dean,
This question has occured to me in the past. My feelings are that Philip was responsible for the overall battle plan, i.e...the feigned retreat on the right spinning on Alexander's linch pin on the left. But once the battle was duly underway, it was Alexander's tactical ability that took over. Particularly, the splitting of the band from the center, and flanking them from the side and rear while maintaining the full frontal attack with the Companions. later Nicator
Later Nicator

Thus, rain sodden and soaked, under darkness cloaked,
Alexander began, his grand plan, invoked...

The Epic of Alexander
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Hello,I totally agree. Genius- or whatever that means- I reckon, can show itself very early on- Mozart is I suppose a perfect example, and Alexander was the genius par excellence on the battlefield- Don't know if you will get chance to see this post because it is now right at the bottom but still-
I think that it is an interesting question in general to ponder just how Alexander worked things out on the battlefield- I mean there weren't any means of Alexander studying military tactics- especially on the scale seen at Gaugamela.
I suppose that rather than reading the book of how to win every battle and the tactics to use- he actually was writing it.
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Dean.
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