Re: Aggy Is A Turk

ADR wrote:
On May 13, 1:47 pm, imipak <imi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 13, 12:56 pm, "TheMuntDregger2" <OldMun...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Spirit of Truth wrote:
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On 7 ???, 07:34, "Spirit of Truth" <junehar...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On 2 ???, 19:25, ADR <aretz...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 2, 3:14 am, SN <bg123456...@xxxxxx> wrote:
On 2 íÁÊ, 08:06, ADR <aretz...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Of course it is nonsensical applying modern morality to the
ancient or
even not so ancient world. sBut if one is looking to do so, there
are
many atrocities that one can assign to many ancient Greek states
without necessarily mixing up Alexander and Macedonia. sIn fact,
the history of the Peloponnesian swar is replete with those. sIn
fact, in
comparison, Alexander was rather restrained in comparison.
well, Alexander had Persopolis burned for no apparent reason
I thought that the burning of the palace at Persepolis was a very
calculated act, meant to indicate the end of Achaemenid rule, since
the city was connected with them. Alexander, apparently, had no
intention in setting his administrative capital in any Persian city.
He favored Babylon. So, the burning of Persepolis was the final act
of revenge for the burning of Parthenon and meant to symbolize the
end of the Persian monarchy. Probably nobody died in that fire. So,
one may consider it an act of vandalism but certainly not an
atrocity.
Nevertheless by the time of the fire he had been already several
months in the city and he still had Darius III on the run.
The city was a symbol of imperial power over the whole east. A
calculated fire in persepolis would have had more sense after
not before Darius' death.
I would rather see a trend in Alexander's behavior related to his
drinking habits. He appears a rather unbalanced when drunk - he has
one of his men
set on fire alive (the first application of the petroleum discovered
in Asia), killed another in a drunken argument, tried to kill even
more - why not set a city on fire.
The revenge is justification by the hagiographers.
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No, actually. It was a symbol that Darius could not reestablish
himself, (nor another) and any thinking of gathering under him were
demoralized. Very calculating.
Spirit of Truth
The speculations in that direction miscalculate the idea of residence
of power in the Iranian world - the capital was where the ruler was.
Why do you think Xerxes has his golden throne with him at Salamis...
Perseposlis, was by no means the only symbol of power and
was actually one of the capitals.
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Sorry, no. Persepolis was an important symbol. You go too far
with the throne concept.
ermm....... Cephalonia is nice at this time of year !!
So's Rockall.

http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/rockall/picture-gallery.html

However, the best place, if you've thyme on your hands, seems to be
this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymaina

imipak,

I would appreaciate it if you refrain from changing the titles of
threads to annoy certain individuals. You just manage to annoy all of
us and it shows that you are not above base pettiness.


Ah why take it so seriously? Let's face it; this group's fucked.

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