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Hi Companions - On pothos.co.uk we now have a list of 'recommended books' for those starting or developing their interest in Alexander. The present list is just a mix of books the webmaster already mentioned on the old pothos, and I added a few to complete the provisional top-10. But now I would lik...

Rick, you are welcome to the Forum. We like freedom of speech here, so please feel free to post any thoughts, obeservations, questions...Regards - Nick

Dear Susan, Linda & Marcus -Thank you for your support.I never claimed to have any substantial answers to all the doubts and questions, only the personal view that someway something terrible happened at the Hydaspes.After Hydaspes Alexander subdued the Glausae and handed over their territory to ...

Ha Yiannis - As Susan has pointed out, I mixed up some of the dates - I still have to correct that. Will do so as soon as I'm back home.Regards - Nick

Susan - Dr. Pal surely does - I assume. If you do not have his email, I am sure he mentions it in his articles at 1st muse.Regards - Nick

Hi all - Darband or Derbent is in Azerbaidjan, close to the border with Russia. It has been pointed out by some as a possible candidate for Alexander's (legendary) "iron wall" that protected the civilised world against the forces of Gog and Magog. You might want to check sura The Cave. Der...

Sorry, missed out on this before, due to holidays. First, the controversial link to "Alexander the Ordinary" has been here on pothos.co.uk all the time: check Battles (Major) in the Campaigns section. Secondly, military history has examples of defeated armies which remained largely intact....

Thank you Sandra, I will book you for the 330 BC tour of Bessus' and Philotas' trails. (Auch! - interesting choice!)Regards -
Nick

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

Sorry - I would have great fun being 'close' to Alexander. (Nothing 'special', just enjoying the company.)Regards -
Nick

Hi Sikander -Yes it is there - and it looks fine.Regards -
Nick

Hi Chris -We have tackled this question before, as I remember. In general, the answer must be: no. As Alexander led the attack, he could only have had a very vague idea about what was happening elsewhere. As I recall, but I should check, the line of battle was considerably longer than a mile, I thou...

Hi Susa -Great fun. Please, at which specific time (year, month, day?) would you like to spend your four seconds 'close to him'...Regards -
Nick

Hi Chris -I think this deserves a "new message" on its own. Nice idea. I can not help thinking Alexander would go to World War II and see to it that it would remain a 'proper' war, without all the atrocities committed against ordinary civilians. Maybe I am an idealist, but I do not think A...

Thanks, John. That is a wonderful reply. And something I had never expected.Regards -
Nick