"The Lost Book of Alexander the Great" Topic

"Alexander the Great is well known as one of the first great empire builders of the ancient world. Among those fellow Macedonian officers who accompanied Alexander in his epic conquests from Greece to India was Ptolemy Lagides. Ptolemy served alongside Alexander from the Persian defeat at the Battle of Issus in modern-day Turkey and the journey to find the oracle that proclaimed Alexander to be Zeus incarnate, to the Battle of the Hydaspes River in 326 BC that opened India to the
West. Following Alexander's death, Ptolemy gained control of Egypt where he founded the dynasty in his name, created the great library of Alexandria, and was patron of the mathematician Euclid. Sometime during his rule in Egypt, Ptolemy wrote a history of Alexander's conquests. Although it is probable that Ptolemy enhanced his own importance, sources indicate that it was regarded as an accurate and even-handed account of the campaigns of Alexander. However, Ptolemy's book was lost—perhaps with the destruction of the library he founded—and not
even an original fragment has survived. His book, however, was acknowledged as a primary source of information for later Roman historians"

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Amicalement
Armand

I was just watching the movie based on Ptolemy's book.

Good movie!.

Amicalement
Armand

I always knew Alexander cheated. A demi-god or even Zeus incarnate just isn't playing fair

Of course it is accurate and even handed. It would be a disgrace for a King to lie.