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"Just this week I've heard three separate instances of people conflating Alexander with the Roman Empire and one guy who thought the movie '300' was about Ancient Rome. It's almost as if they think anything vaguely ancient sounding and warlike is Rome. Seriously, how retarded do you have to be to con"
"Alexander slept with the Iliad under his pillow. When Napoleon went on campaign he kept a copy of The Sorrows of Young Werther with him at all times."
"You reached the peak in the only way that's possible here, with sheer force of will and an all-consuming desire to dominate, and once you were there you didn't behave like that little bitch Alexander. Instead of weeping (for there were no more worlds to conquer) you worked every single day to bring "
"No longer do men want to become Napoleon, George Washington or Alexander the Great. They want to be John Lennon, James Dean or Kurt Cobain."
"The first historical mentioning of these games comes from Greeks serving in Alexanders armies in the 3rd century BC. Where chaturanga evolved into a game of skill is a bit more contested, but evidence points to Bactria, a region of Pakistan colonized by Greek soldiers following Alexander's retreat t"
"The motifs show his life and him fighting the Persians. Some paint is still left on the sarcophagus. (Not actually Alexander the greats sarcophagus, it was found in a tomb from a post-Alexander Greek client state king)"
"To become a legendary figure you must seem as subtle and inevitable as an act of nature, you must be vague enough for people to project their ideas onto you. The reverance for British royalty has died a death of a thousand cuts as the details of the royal's personal lifes are revealed to the public,"
"Plato 'birthed' Aristotle who 'birthed' Alexander the Great. But unlike the Alexandrian Order, that forced the East to see that the West had gained parity and forced the West to admit the administrative state of the East beat 'bands of fealty', Selena was cut too soon from the tapestry of history."
"Plato "birthed" Aristotle who "birthed" Alexander the Great. But unlike the Alexandrian Order, that forced the East to see that the West had gained parity and forced the West to admit the administrative state of the East beat "bands of fealty""