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To: SunkenCiv
"Zeugma was founded in 300 B.C. by Alexander the Great "
Founding cities a few decades after one's death is far from trivial. Not for nothing was he called "the Great".
3 posted on 07/22/2006 1:00:06 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: GSlob

;') 23 years is like a short stroll for the conqueror of Asia. :'D

There's a widespread and very persistent belief in Moslem countries that Alexander had horns (literally). Apparently this sprang from his portrait on coins in which he was portrayed with rams horns after his "father" Ammon.


4 posted on 07/22/2006 1:29:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Wednesday, June 21, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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