Happy birthday ! Time machine?
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Re: No fun at all
Sorry - I would have great fun being 'close' to Alexander. (Nothing 'special', just enjoying the company.)Regards -
Nick
Nick
Re: Siwah to Alexandria
Hi Manny -How good to hear from you. It has been for a long time, hasn't it. Thanks for your inspiring itenary. And yes, I think Alexander made a short tour down the Nile. Can't remember which source - should check.Regards -
Nick
Nick
Re: Happy birthday ! Time machine?
Thank you Sandra, I will book you for the 330 BC tour of Bessus' and Philotas' trails. (Auch! - interesting choice!)Regards -
Nick
Nick
Re: Happy birthday ! Time machine?
Hey Nick, that's a great idea I would like to go back to June 323 to see if ATG was poisoned or died of the mosquito bite. if he were poisoned who, when, and why? I think we all would be shockingly suprised!All the best,George
Re: Happy birthday ! Time machine?
All five extant sources mention the same individual for the "possible" assassination: Cassander's brother Iolaus - the same person who's tomb Olympias knocked over for vengeance.John
Re: Happy birthday ! Time machine?
Hmm, 4 days before and 3 days after Philip's wedding feast;
4 days before and 3 days after Philip's death;
the week before Hephaestion's death, and the the week after the fall of Tyre.
4 days before and 3 days after Philip's death;
the week before Hephaestion's death, and the the week after the fall of Tyre.
Re: Happy birthday ! Time machine?
Hi Nick again!Maybe this event what I choosed is not so well known so I will choose second very interesting event exept all the battels. That is Kleistos death. I'd like to spend two weeks when whey where sopped in Marakanda and see how it was with the Kleistos. Why really Alexander killed him.macm