07-31-2007, 01:35 AM
Quote:Do not forget that Alex did what the others should have done in 479 B.C.Are you suggesting that the conquest and occupation of an empire, the death of hundreds of thousands, the rape, enslavement, or impoverishment of thousands more, and the sack of dozens of great cities, would have been right because that empire had tried to conquer a neighbour? Or that events 150 years before Alexander became king justified his actions? It was wrong for the Persian empire to invade Greece, but two wrong do not make a right. And, respectfully, there was no chance that the Greeks could have conquered the empire in the 470s. The odds were many to one against Alexander, with all Greece and Macedon except Sparta behind him and the best army the Mediterranean world had yet seen, doing so.
Thats why his acomplishmnets were possible.
Kind regards
Nullis in verba
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.