Posted on 08/03/2004 11:38:37 AM PDT by blam
GGG Ping.
You mean he's still alive???
Typical. Not so much as a passing reference to my "Fatal Tractor Pull Injury" theory. Snobs.
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
Thanks for the post.
West Nile (and 'new' West Nile) virus including Riff Valley,....are strains of modern warfare. (IMO)
AG......was poisoned......(IMO)
(The 'way' of the Greeks)
/sarcasm
AIDS
There's a very interesting BBC video done by Michael Wood a few years ago in which he retraced, with a camera and, obviously, a lot of work, the 20,000 mile journey, through 16 countries of today, of Alexander and his troops, interviewing and gleaning information from the locals whose stories of the conqueror are still being told. I got it from my library and found it a fascinating compaction of the historic journey without all the political correctness that would be included by many today.
I vote "Yes, he's dead".
Dang, ya beat me!
Forgot to say that he traveled through Afghanistan just ahead of the swarming, murdering Taliban in 1996 -- photos of that country, bombed out and war-torn, bring the Cause of today very close. Due to Saddam Hussein still being in power, he couldn't drive through parts of Iraq where Alexander traveled, where one of his big battles was fought, so he got a hop aboard a US AWACS plane to go over the site. Cool stuff.
One of the best features of the video is Wood's ability to connect with and draw out the locals who offered a (to me) fascinating view of the world that, in some places, doesn't appear to have changed much for centuries.
It's called "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great" by Michael Wood.
Naw.
His girlfren' Wynona done caught him two-timin' down at the No-Tell Motel and done him in when he came staggering back all sloppy drunk to the trailer park.
'Least, thass' how I heerd it.
I have an ironclad alibi.
Er, that part is a 50-50 guess....
Alexander's death was predicted in the Bible decades before his birth. God killed him so that his "posterity" would not inherit his empire, thus giving rise to the Selucid kings and Ptolemies of Egypt, eventually culminating in Cleopatra. Her defeat along with Mark Anthony allowed Augustus Caesar to consolidate power and the Roman Empire was now ready for a census to be held.....and the rest is HIS-tory....
Actually his monkier "The Great" was given by his wife although technically, it was short for "It Would Be Great If You Took Out The Trash Now And Again, Mr BigShot General Who Never Has Time For His Family"
He's hanging out with Elvis.
It's Bush's fault.
AIDS = Anal Induced Death Sentence
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
LMAO!
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