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Alexander Facts
By Ben Assfleck
Battle-Alexander led more campaigns than any other general of his day (Fuller 55-66)
Commanded respect from his soldiers and his enemies, and he respected them (Fuller 55-66)
Alexander conquered more than half of the known world during his lifetime(Fuller 55-66)

Battle of Issus-The battle of Issus was considered a great victory by Alexander. He was considerably outnumbered and his men were very tired. Alexander won the battle, but it was not a decisive victory for him. Here is some information on the Battle of Issus:

The battle was not fought at Issus, it was fought on the Pinarus River on the south-eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea (Hammond 96)
The battle was between Alexander and Darius, the Persian general (First meeting with Darius)
The Persians had 600,000 men, Alexander only had 75,000 (Arrian 155)
Alexander held back a reserve force, the first time it had ever been done (First meeting with Darius)
In all 124,950 soldiers died during the battle, 110,000 Persians (Fuller 162), 450 Macedonians died and 4500 were wounded, and 10,000 Greek mercenaries (Green 162, 235)
The battle was won by Alexander and the Macedonians
   
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(ARG) Ruda Macho 3 Oct, 2022 @ 9:14am 
@Top 15 Real Goblins: think of Caesar for example. It took him 8 years to conquer Gaul (the same time it took Alexander to conquer the lands he conquered), but he had "some" time at least to legislate over it, partition it, grant Cisalpine Gaul citenzship, etc. I say "some" time because you know... civil war, assassination, Rome being a "republic", etc.

Alexander simply did not have that time at all so we can only speculate as to "how" he would've ruled the Empire he built. We can discuss how he ruled over Macedon for the couple of years he was there before setting off, but I don't really think that can provide us with a broad context either.

Anyway... my thoughts on it.
Cheers :llama:
(ARG) Ruda Macho 3 Oct, 2022 @ 9:07am 
@Top 15 Real Goblins: I think it's kinda "trendy" (for lack of a better word) to say Alexander was "the worst civil leader of all time" because his empire collapsed so fast. Why? For starters, because he was going back to Babylon to start securing, cementing and solidifying it. He simply did not have the time (death is kind of an impediment to do things).

I would however, use something along those lines for his generals (the Diadochi) since they were the ones who split his empire in ridiculous pieces (not taking into account cultural backgrounds, historical borders of the tribes/provinces/nations conquered, etc) waged war amongst themselves constantly, non-stop, devastating the territories they held, the populations they ruled over, etc. and completely lost control of everything they had. They weakened each other until others (Rome for instance) simply swept the floor with them. There were a few "good" Diadochi, but sadly they were the exception rather than the rule.
Top 15 Real Goblins 6 Dec, 2020 @ 3:00pm 
Alexander was the greatest military leader of all time... but also perhaps the worst civil leader of all time. Did not take long for his empire to collapse whenever he died and refused to appoint a clear, unambiguous successor. Phillip II, his father, was much better at maneuvering within the Greek political machines and making sure things ran smoothly. If Alexander had lived longer and inherited that same shrewd understanding of policy making as he did military genius, then he would've created an empire that would've stood for centuries, rather than just decades.
justinsane11 1 Jul, 2016 @ 5:33pm 
but here's some interesting non battle facts.

in his birthplace of macedonia his father was given diety status while alexander was only thought of as a great leader.

his father was stabbed to death by his shunned male lover, however alexander is still thought to possibly have had something to do with it

his mother was not a macedonian woman, she was a fervent believer in the cult of dionysus which worships snakes, philip ( the father) one day spied on his wife making love with a snake and it is said he was told that alexander was the child of the mother and the snake and he possibly believed it

justinsane11 1 Jul, 2016 @ 5:27pm 
if anyone really cares how about going out and buying a book?
koullis 22 Jul, 2014 @ 11:31am 
Mulder[AFK]
you are not a realy macedonian because the mecedonias is greece and you are a member of the new people wich they dont belong to greece and if you know gree tell me

melder εαν ξέρεις ελληνικά πες μου το εαν δεν ξέρεις μην μιλάς καλύτερα
koullis 22 Jul, 2014 @ 11:26am 
And aslo i m macedonian
koullis 22 Jul, 2014 @ 11:26am 
i have a question from whrere did you get the informations about the Alexader the great?
because i m from cyprous and greece please answer to my question :)
Exquaentrovoid 10 Mar, 2014 @ 3:51am 
No problem; It's interesting reading...
If you're into it and haven't done so already, I'd suggest Livius, Ad Urbe Condita. It 'reveals' the history of Rome, from the beginning.
Have fun... :)
Ben Assfleck  [author] 8 Mar, 2014 @ 9:52am 
Mars thx :)