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by Pedrocolombier
Thu May 27, 2021 9:59 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander's Route from Granicus to Sardis
Replies: 31
Views: 27117

Re: Alexander's Route from Granicus to Sardis

On a side note, there is an other claim by Engels that no armies ever took this Daskyleion-Thyateira road. That's not really a true and legitimate claim. Agesilaus II campaign Firstly, Agesilaus II, king of Sparta, made an anatolian campaign some decades before Alexander (just before Corinthian war)...
by Pedrocolombier
Tue May 18, 2021 8:51 am
Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
Topic: Alexander's Route from Granicus to Sardis
Replies: 31
Views: 27117

Re: Alexander's Route from Granicus to Sardis

Two important things that have not being really discussed. I will show why the coastal route doesn't have any sense. FIRST PART First, Alexander didn't created Alexandria Troas, it was Lysimachos later on. First mistake by Engels. The only think Alexander did while in Troad was to do stuff while the...