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Who Killed Alexander the Great?
You can't pin this one on me, right!! I wasn't any where near the joint!
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I always believed Robin Lane Fox assassinated Alexander. At least, he managed to kill a good story.
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Haha that's awesome. You know I've never been bothered by the man, until he wrote that silly book on Greek myth, though I know most Alexander historians tend to react negatively. He seems an affable chap often to be seen in the library here and the people I know whom he have tutored all speak highly of him, which is something in itself.
P.S whilst we're on Alexander the Great what do you think of Hammond? I liked his stuff on military side of things though I find the way he and Hatzopoulos infer massive amounts of Macedonian state machinery from later Roman authors absolutely terrifying.
Also, how about a new tactic? Alexander the Great never died, instead he became immortal and sits in a nuclear bunker somewhere deep in the Gedrosian dessert controlling us all like puppets.
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Hey guys! Alex, John and Elvis told me to say hi! :lol: :lol:
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Well there are lots of conspiracy theories but I like the one that he went for a boat ride in the sewage of Babylon - ie downriver from the city and probably caught something like malaria, which he was unable to resist due to his massive war wounds (he even survived a catapault bolt through the lung), stress, and binge drinking
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