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Alexander the Greater

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

Extract

The claim that Alexander the Paphlagonian is greater than his Macedonian namesake is perhaps hardly to be taken seriously, yet an ingenious pro-Paphlagonian might argue with justice that his Alexander ‘conquered’ a large part of the Roman Empire; that this conquest was almost bloodless; and that the story of it appeals to the sense of humour, which is more than can be said for the history of Philip's filibustering son.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1936

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page 93 note 1 These now claim that this was not the real box, and are renewing their agitation.