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Hi Kenny,I think I have to disagree with you here: I truly believe one man does not make a team. I will rather side with Kleitos and say that Alexander (genius and all) could only conquer the whole known world because he got his Macedonians with him. In the end, he stopped at the Beas because they r...

Hi Paralus and Kenny,I have a question for you two. Paralus cited Plutarch saying that GÇ£The Romans had the better in the cavalry charge and, despite Pyrrhus' elephants, managed to take mastery of the field several times in the face of the phalanx chargeGÇ¥, but Kenny said before that the Roman cav...

Hi Paralus,As I said before, I donGÇÖt know anything about weaponry and strategy, so I cannot comment on whether one would be superior to another. The examples that you give are good, given the information available. But we are forgetting probably the first encounter between Macedonian- and Roman-st...

Hi Efstathios,Excellent question.First of all, I will agree with you about archaeologists been unable to say that someone did not exist, for the obvious reason that GÇ£not findingGÇ¥ something is not equivalent to that somethingGÇÖs non-existence (As my mum told me every time she sent me to find, sa...

Hi Andrew,Thanks for remembering it!I look forward to it!All the best,AlejandroPS: Excellent pictures. You should wear several red garments, 'cause envy is certainly going to spread among Pothosians! hehe

Dear Valeria, Paralus and Kenny,Hello.Livius says that GÇ£the roman army was less uniform, formed by several elements, easy to divide and easy to regroupGÇ¥.I think that, if anything, Alexander is regarded as a master at combining the different elements of an army (light and heavy infantry and caval...

Hi Paralus,You said: GÇ£The "Roman experience" though pointed up the limitations of the Macedonian phalanx GÇô Alexander or noGÇ¥. And later on: GÇ£Would Alexander have delivered the massive knockout blow needed to remove Rome from the card table?GÇ¥I think both are connected.I have no kno...

Hi Paralus,You said: GÇ£The "Roman experience" though pointed up the limitations of the Macedonian phalanx GÇô Alexander or noGÇ¥. And later on: GÇ£Would Alexander have delivered the massive knockout blow needed to remove Rome from the card table?GÇ¥I think both are connected.I have no kno...

Hi Paralus and Nick,Thanks for your comments.I have to say that I agree with you all. I indeed believe that Alexander would not put a useless person as leader of a unit, no matter how important his dad was. I just wanted to confirm it, as I donGÇÖt remember any GÇ£flashyGÇ¥ mention of Philotas in an...

Hi Paralus and Nick,Thanks for your comments.I have to say that I agree with you all. I indeed believe that Alexander would not put a useless person as leader of a unit, no matter how important his dad was. I just wanted to confirm it, as I donGÇÖt remember any GÇ£flashyGÇ¥ mention of Philotas in an...

Thanks Kenny and Marcus for your input. And Marcus, when you have some time, I would appreciate your quoting those paragraphs you mention.Thanks!Alejandro

Thanks Kenny and Marcus for your input. And Marcus, when you have some time, I would appreciate your quoting those paragraphs you mention.Thanks!Alejandro

Dear all,In a different thread, someone mentioned that Alexander and Parmenion might have reached an agreement after PhilipGÇÖs assassination. I find the idea appealing, as shown by the positions in the army ParmenionGÇÖs kin got.But my question is: where they (ParmenionGÇÖs kin) able leaders? In pa...

Dear Efstathios and Michael,I think at this point it is a good idea remembering what an author (Renault?) said about Philip (and I think can be applied to Alexander as well): GÇ£He never did something for just one reasonGÇ¥ (or something along these lines).Did Philip hire Aristotle because he wanted...

Dear Efstathios and Michael,I think at this point it is a good idea remembering what an author (Renault?) said about Philip (and I think can be applied to Alexander as well): GÇ£He never did something for just one reasonGÇ¥ (or something along these lines).Did Philip hire Aristotle because he wanted...