Posted on 05/07/2023 9:57:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
He was bi.
Did they really have to depict him with the wino-beard-stubble look? The clothing looks a bit anachronistic too. I can’t see if he’s holding a cell phone, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Well, he did have an extremely close relationship with one of his generals...
I knew someone like that once. Liked the Bruins AND the Yankees.
Alexander was bi-had a wife and at least one legitimate son, and a kid/kids from mistresses...
Nope, can’t say I’m related, I’m much better looking! LOL
John Belushi lived longer than Alexander (by a few months).
If Alexander had gone to the trouble of marrying and producing a son before he started his conquests, the empire he created might have held together after his death (if he had left behind a son who was a few years away from being an adult).
I was thinking that too- how can they do a facial reconstruction without a skull to work off of?
He married at around 25-30, normal for that time because any royal father with an eligible daughter wanted to see some battles and conquests from a potential SIL before entering into an alliance-just good business...
History says Alexander’s whole family was a pack of royal jackals who fought and murdered everyone and each other to get/keep the throne-his mother was so bad that she was actually executed for treason/murder. His legitimate son-by his wife Roxana-was born about 2-3 months after Alexander’s death. Roxana was from around what is now Afghanistan. After being guarded for years, the kid was murdered-along with his mom-at 14-he was about to inherit the throne-by a relative who really wanted it for himself-it is a wonder the kid lived that long. Alexander’s murdering Ptolemy relatives brought all that Greek culture to Egypt, too...
Alexander didn’t need to marry a royal daughter. He could have married someone from a leading Macedonian family. Philip and Alexander were obviously very talented individuals but left a lot to be desired as human beings—very bloodthirsty when it served their interests. The Greeks were not taken in by the propaganda of a war of revenge because of Xerxes’ invasion (Macedonia had been on Persia’s side in 480). The Athenians generally had a poor opinion of Alexander.
Alexander died too young. Even if he had a heir at the age of 18, the heir wouldn't make it that long anyway.
Alexander looked like Nicholas Cage...............
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