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Alexander the Greater

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2017

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.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1936

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