10-23-2003, 02:45 PM
Alexander the Great is undoubtedly the most famous general and king of half the world. But I always felt sorry for his father. Philip was made a king when Macedonia was being torn apart by its enemies. Before Philip the Macedonians were not too famous for their fighting abilities. So, he made a country out of a bunch of tribes, created one of the largest standing armies, beat all his enemies, got resources for his impressive empire. He prepared everything for the march to the East. For me it is obvious, that Phillip would have done better than his son in the war against the Persian Empire. Just remember the first battles of Alexander against the Persians – they are heroic, but mindless. Even famous suicidal courage of Alexander made his empire unstable and gave hopes to his numerous enemies – they were sure that such risking person wouldn’t live long.<br>
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