Delo nam daje uvid u Aleksandrov zivotni put, nacin organizovanja tadasnjeg drustva, same zacetke vojnih strategija i nacin organizovanja ratnih pohoda u uslovima kada se stalno ide u nepoznato. Zadivljena sam nacinom opisa Aleksandrovih izbora vojnih taktika, stalnog nadmetanja ( ocigledno sa samim

I said this in one of my updates, but I'll say it again: Alexander of Macedon is the closest thing this world has to a literal demigod. The most miraculous life story in history. He remains my favourite historical figure of all time.

P.S. It is empirically impossible to argue that Alexander and Hepha

History is full of faltering heirs, of legacies that died with fathers. Some subsist on their fathers' names for a time, spending his honor like coin, but lacking the necessary traits to add to the capital. Others squander all at once, consumed by enemies, or by incompetence. Rare is it for the son

This is truly one of my favorite books of all time. This telling of the life of Alexander the Great by a scholar and general in the Roman Empire is filled with profound insight, lessons to be learned from the life of this great leader, and analysis of the virtues and vices displayed in this truly ea