Cell phones weren't even invented until 50 years after Alexander entered Babylon. It took another decade or so before the peasantry could afford to buy them. There were glorious leaps forward during this period, known by historians as the ages of enlightenedment.
She was his real match. If he wasn't so blinded by the need of glory, he had everything he could have wanted there: a true wife, a true husband and a true lover.
What in world are you on right now ....Alexander was a conquerer, what are saying about marriage and being a husband ...this in not my wife and kids ,, comedy series
Yes and he could of lived a great life in the city of Babylon, they said it had enough riches to sustain 3-4 generations of great armies etc , and the beautiful architecture and infrastructure with everything built into it with strong walls, trade , a port, hanging gardens, ziggurats and agriculture would make it a oasis in the desert
Princess was amazing, innocent yet brave enough to stand infront of Alexander & he's generals alone, if he married her and stopped war he would've been a happy man but Alexander was not unlike most of us, he really wanted to conquer the world at any cost
Your conclusions should be based on history, not through Hollywood movies!!! In history, Alexander was a military genius, but also completely cruel as well. Because of his ambition, Alexander caused the death of at least 1 million people from Asia and Europe within a decade. Certainly, this event does not make Alexander great. Also, more than 1 million people were taken captive. Many cities were set on fire and destroyed, such as: -the city of Tyre in Phenicia -the city of Thebes in Egypte -the city of Miletus in asia minior -and Persepolis in Iran
@@CyrusPersia-wv7zo Alexander the great was not more cruel than the achaemenid persians! what you did think was the fate of those who defied the persian army? do you think they did not destroyed cities that besieged them, their leaders executed, prisoners of war send to the east? Cyrus, Xerxes and Darius campaigns captured thousands of people and send them to asia, millions were died on the wars of the Achaemenids and the Sassanids. They were diferent and well mannered? Cyrus the Great had his head submerged on blood by the queen of scythians who were lost her son on the cyrus campaign, as she said so he finaly end his thirst for Blood! the city of Thebes your refering its in greece not the one in egypt.
@@scoon2117 The problem lies in the narration. Since they base the work from ancient historians and writers, it would take real skill to translate the situations to dialogues that are not tedious. Oliver stone is a good director as far as his camera style, but he his not known for outstanding dialogues
@@laodice_III yes, you're right, based on written history, Hephaestion is more handsome, taller, and fit as prince. In fact Alexander married to stateira and at same time Hephaestion with princess stateira sister. A very good and lovely example about friendship and multiculturism
Stateira was 10 or 8 years old when she was captive. Alexander sent Stateira and her family to Susa with instructions that she should be taught Greek for preparing her as his wife. Stateira became Alexander's wife in 324 BC. In 324 BC she was of marriageable age, probably 18 years old. Stateira was pregnant by Alexander the Great. Roxana was jealous of Stateira, Plutarch ( an ancient Greek historian) writes " When Alexander died, Stateira and Roxana were pregnant, but Roxana was jealous of Stateira, … At the time Roxana only saw an interest in ridding herself of a woman ( Stateira ) who was a dear friend in Alexander’s complicated social world ”. After Alexander the Great's death, Roxana poisoned Stateira, she killed Stateira with a baby. And Stateira died 1 day after Alexander the Great's death with a baby in her womb. Of course, a few years later, the Macedonians killed Roxana and her son.
Aleph Z. Did you even read what he wrote?He married her at an age of about 18 years old.Women in Arab lands are giving birth to the forth child at that age and at the best case.
@@VasilisStefanidis. I don't want to compare any of the different cultures, or values here, but, to put it another way, girls under the age of eighteen in the European countries, African countries, India, Northern and Southern American countries are giving birth or they are raped and or and there are many many wrong bad things done to them. Ummm... Let's just pick up the fashion Industry (for example).
My ancestor Alexander was an honourable man. In this scene in which he is showing grace to 'Stateira, Princess of Achaemenid Persia' is an example of his magnanimity. A true ruler wants peace, and sometimes will even broker that peace with the family of his fallen foes and rivals. He also mourned the death of Darius knowing how painful it is to see a fellow king and monarch fall. He understood that war is hellish, and any measure of peace that can be won with all peoples is a noble cause. Alexander's (Hellenistic) Graeco-Macedonian empire was achieved 'by right of conquest' and the manners in which he achieved such a great feat are still spoken of today. 'Alexander III the Great, King of Macedon' will not ever be forgotten.
After conquering Persia, they gave a precious little chest to Alexander from the treasure of persia. it is said that Alexander took this beautiful little chest everywhere with him. Do you know what was in this chest?
This is an amalgamation of two different events. First, after Alexander's first head-to-head victory over Darius, he captured the Great King's family with the rest of his camp. When Alexander went to pay a personal visit on them, Darius' mother assumed Phaestion was the great warlord who had conquered her son and started pleading for her life. When a translator pointed out she was addressing the wrong man, Alexander stepped forward and told her "You weren't mistaken, he is Alexander too," because Phaestion had served as a body-double for him from time to time. The second event was after Alexander's last great battle in his attempted conquest on India; the warlord Porrus was captured and brought before Alexander, and Alexander asked him "How do you wish to be treated?" Porrus replied "As a king," and Alexander not only spared Porrus, but even appointed him his regional commander.
Daniel Ryan Alexander never won Porus... It was a stalemate ... Both the armies agreed to mutually disengaged and keep the areas won by each other. Alexander was severely wounded and his army was not confident to even return safely to Persia, because all the tribes whom he decimated on his way to India were waiting for his return to take revenge. Alexander was given humanitarian escape route to sea (via Makran-Baluchistan) to Persia. He could never recover fully from his war-wounds in India and died due to medical complications, shortly after his return to Babylon.
Porus was from Punjab, Indus valley (Pakistan). Alexander may have won the battle but not the war with Porus. Alexander turned back instead of attacking Indians.
If you watch the 2 disc set Alexander director's cut, you will see a lot of behind the scenes footage by Sean Stone the directors cut,...filmed the mountains in Morocco...it clearly shows hours of set-up and artificial snow made, for a few minuets screen time. The making of really gives you a lot of production info.
@@ele9875 , and you are historian ore the historians was there and see this with there eyes... Alexander The Great was not homosexuell, all this was writing by modern historian writes, they make Hitler Homosexuel, the say Alexander the same they are lies. İ'am not like you belive everthing what İ hear.
@@bglover4628, no and the so true historian don't know him to, the modern historian make Hitler homosexuel, they say Alexander was homesexuell ect... Alexander the great, Cengizkhan and other imortant Lider in History was not Homosexuel the was true powerfull Leaders and have strong mind.
This intoxicating music clearly demonstrate the power of craftsmanship of East; which could mesmerize anyone. Persia truly represent East...........yes West or ancient Greece was glorious................but Persia (East) was just a beautiful Conundrum!!
Roxana was Jealous, crazy and evil. Jealous Roxana killed princess Stateira with a baby on her stomach. Oliver Stone in Alexander movie 2004 portraited Roxana's evil and jealous character very well. Plutarch ( an ancient Greek historian) wrote " When Alexander was in the bed of death, Stateira and Roxana were pregnant, but Roxana was jealous of Stateira, Roxana colluded with Perdiccas and wrote a fake letter from Alexander to Stateira, after her coming, Roxana and Perdiccas killed Stateira, Parysatis, Drypetis, Stateira's teenage brother. And except jealousy, Roxana eliminated the rival of her son by ridding herself of a rival who was pregnant… At the time Roxana only saw an interest in ridding herself of a woman ( Stateira ) who was a dear friend in Alexander’s complicated social world”. Of course, Roxana took her wish to the grave, for a few years later, the Macedonians killed her and her son. Princess Stateira and Princess Parysatis were quite important in Alexander's life. It is obvious that he used their knowledge in his strategies and plans.
Yes, those historical people used to bathe in crocodile urine and female donkey's milk to maintain their beauty. If you don't believe then. Read about the first "Cleopatra" or the second "Cleopatra" (second isn't from Cairo Egypt)
I think part of the reason the dialogue feels so stilted and faux-shakespearean is because they crammed in real quotes from historical sources, such as the whole "treat me like a princess" thing.
Roxana (Roshanak) was Jealous, crazy and evil. Jealous Roxana killed sweet and beautiful princess Stateira with a baby on her stomach. Oliver Stone in Alexander movie 2004 portraited Roxana's evil and jealous character very well. Plutarch ( an ancient Greek historian) wrote " When Alexander was in the bed of death, Stateira and Roxana were pregnant, but Roxana was jealous of Stateira, Roxana colluded with Perdiccas and wrote a fake letter from Alexander to Stateira, after her coming, Roxana and Perdiccas killed Stateira, Parysatis, Drypetis, Stateira's teenage brother. And except jealousy, Roxana eliminated the rival of her son by ridding herself of a rival who was pregnant… At the time Roxana only saw an interest in ridding herself of a woman ( Stateira ) who was a dear friend in Alexander’s complicated social world”. Of course, Roxana took her wish to the grave, for a few years later, the Macedonians killed her and her son. Princess Stateira and Princess Parysatis were quite important in Alexander's life. It is obvious that he used their knowledge in his strategies and plans.
Indian president Ram Nath kovint 6/2018: spoke about the "most famous Greek in India," as he described Alexander the Great. "Every student in India knows that Alexander the Great and the King of India Porus were confronted, and then, impressed by both of their courage and value, they became allies
Alexander: You shall live in this palace as long you choose. Alexander: (whispering) but I shall destroy persepolis right now, what do you say.....my......noble....princess.....
Alexander, apart from being an excellent strategist, brilliant warrior and conqueror per excellence, was a very well-mannered and humane guy! To this day, our lands fondly remember him as Sikandar... regards, an Indian
@Mr Deplox nick In case you are Iranian, you should know that earlier when that side was Persia, he did grant pardon to the Persian Royal Family even though his army sacked Persepolis: also I meant in general, especially in Ancient India and Greece he committed great acts of kindness too, not only of Valour
@Mr Deplox nick Persepolis was retribution for the same act done by the Persians at Athens, and Darius already offered his daughter in marriage to Alexander, he just didn’t want to accept the other part of the deal which was half the empire, he wanted all of it + his daughter. And which girls specifically did Alexander himself rape and murder?
Alexander loved Hephaestion so much that he wanted to be reunited with him in the afterline. But Alexander thought himself a god, thus, his afterline would be different to that of mortal men. When Hephaestion died, Alexander wanted him to be proclaimed a god, so that they could be in the same afterline together. The priestess refused to name Hephaestion a god but they named him a demigod instead. Alexander died no long after.
The Persian princess Stateira, Alexander the Great's wife, truly is a Queen, such a magnificent, brave, worthy and amazing princess. Jealous Roxana killed this sweet, beautiful Stateira with a baby on her stomach. Stateira was royalty, the Persian princess is a better wife to Alexander than the jealous Roxana ! Stateira was much more like a Queen! A king should marry such a lady.
Till now, i wonder why Alexander marry Roxanne, but not surprise me much, that Alexander ever get angry to Roxanne and his son, even before his leave this world
@@richardfrye7929 yes i know, she is a daughter from a Tribe chief. Please read again, i try to fix his or her miss typo, from bacteria , but I'm sure he or she want to type Baktria
This act was done by Cyrus in reality; he respected the defeated people and their religion and culture. He also freed the slaves in Babylon. It is true that Alexander fell in love with Iranian culture. But before that, he burned Persepolis and Pasargadae and enslaved many women. He also stole all the treasures of Persepolis, While Cyrus did not burn the places he conquered, nor did he take anyone as a slave. But both of them were conquerors
The movie doesn't show it to focus on his marriage to Roxanna but he would end up marrying her and then some of his key allies and friends would be married to her sisters.
We don't know if the persian princess asked Alexander to be treated as a princess, but there are evidences to show that the Indian king Paurava after the defeat in the battle of Hydapses, had spoken the words "Treat me as befits a king". But these are all Greek accounts and there are no surviving Indian books on the battle. Maybe the Indians didn't pay much attention to it as it was a minor battle in the north west frontiers of India and that area was always prone to footfalls of invading armies. Most of it in the form of raids and a few as in the case of muslims during later times to subjugate the native populations.
If this is actually accurate , then yes he was both merciful and magnanimous indeed. Sometimes though for politics some can do such evil but why not be magnanimous since he had everything he could hope for ..
Ottomans when they conquered, were considerably tolerant to their new subjects especially in early days as well for example. Most nationalist Turks take it as ''We were so great and such bla bla bla'', but if you're subduing territory that're actually too large for you to manage as they are, you don't want to disrupt the existing order. You don't want to make a mess. For all their violence and gore, even Mongols were tolerant and moderate in most of their conquest. It's when someone resists, they were going berserk You can't bring death and toil to your new subjects out of revenge or spite, otherwise nobody will ever bow down to you Valiant Alexander is, it isn't purely out of the kindness of his heart. He's just not stupid, he understands that if he's to rule, he's to take the peoples of Persia as people. Not some bunch of slaves.
@@subutaynoyan5372 it's not quite the same , but I've been watching WW2 videos and while there was such devastation and death , the allies were also very merciful and magnanimous. Sure there were practical pragmatic reasons but also just not to be vindictive . Great interest of mine WW2 since I was very young.
There was no solid proof Alexander was gay, but it was well-known that he has preference for men (much like many other men back then) It's also believed that his true love was a man. Alexander and Hephaistion were described to be in love in every possible sense of the word (romantic/sexual/family/friendship/brotherhood). Not sure if it's mentioned in this movie since I havent watched it yet, but Alexander and Hephaistion always look up to and compare their relationship to the one of Achilles and Patroclus (which was agreed upon as romantic by many, specifically back in that time by Plato and Aeschylus). Also, the King's favorite eunuchs were males. But then again, it was socially encouraged for men to have sexual relationships with younger males. (Another reason why it's believed Alexander did indeed love Hephaistion above all others till his death and beyond. It was rather strange back then for men of the same age to take sexual interests in each other, therefore Alexander/Hephaistion's love was known to be intensely pure and immensely deep)
Allen Leichmann It was not strange. It was simple in Ancient Times if you were a male of the ruling class having a wife was for heirs , continued power and to unite ruling families, female slaves for needs, a young man for love and goats for pleasure.
It is all revisionist propaganda by the progressives. Yes some Greek men and warriors fucked weaker men in the ass most often slaves or very young men. But Greek code of honor prevented any real man from taking it in the ass. If Alexander liked taking it in the ass, his soldiers would never have respected him as a capable general. Men who like taking it in the ass can never be classified as masculine. That is about as feminine and submissive as you can get. Stop bullshitting
Default User94 This indeed I have read, many a times it was a power play I read somewhere for these noble men to to fuck another man in the arse but never take up on their own ...
Well, in his defense, sacking the Persian Empire while it was in economic disarray was a pretty sensible move, for a Greek. Given the history of the Persian Emperors trying to add the Greek colonies in Asia Minor (as well a Greece itself) to the Empire.
@@dayangmarikit6860 Greece was a tiny group of weak city states that conquered the most powerful empire the world had ever seen. It shows the potential and the true strength of the European and how we can overcome almost any challenge.
@@sharmiladas3573 I am an indian and I am a history researcher... Porus actually lost the war but seeing his bravery Alexander gave back his kingdom... And don't believe in fake serial in Sony TV...
Doh. Porus the Indian king said this to Alexander. Alexander asked him "How will you like to be treated ?". He said like a king treats a king. Did the writer fail in his history class?
Porus was 'Indian' by true definition "inhabitants of Indus valley" (now Punjab, Pakistan). Not modern day Indian Republic. Yet in other videos, Indians are fighting over him as if they own him. Lol
@Jonni Fiesta If by some ill fate, pakistan conquered all of india, then will all of the Indian history will be pakistan's history? or will it remain as Indian history?
@@stephandokovski6187 you should not speak slav-Bulgarian intruder. Your country FAKEDONIA or FYROM was Greek historical region, is paeonia. Macedonia=Greece Greece=Macedonia
This interaction is based on Alexander's real life interaction with the Indian King Porus. When asked by Alexander how he wished to be treated, Porus replied "Treat me, Alexander, as a king would treat another king". Impressed by his answer, Alexander indeed treated him like a king, allowing him to retain his lands.
Power shows a mans true inner self if this was how alexanda conducted himself with the princess with the power he had then it shows what a true honourable man he was !
truely"great" in terms of military of cors. This act was done by Cyrus in reality; he respected the defeated people and their religion and culture. He also freed the slaves in Babylon. But about Alexander, It is true that Alexander fell in love with Iranian culture. But before that, he burned Persepolis and Pasargadae and enslaved many women. He also stole all the treasures of Persepolis, While Cyrus did not burn the places he conquered, nor did he take anyone as a slave. This is just a mouvie dude!!!
Certainly the Macedonian dialect was a very rustic, harsh, rough and broad dialect of Greek called north-western Greek (Doric Greek). However the relationship between Southern Greece and Macedon was more like that between Germany and Austria than that between Britain and Scotland or Ireland.
There was no "Southern Greece". There were city states that constantly fought each other, as well as confederation/co-polities and some Kingdoms, mostly on the North (Thessaly, Epirus, Macedon) as the North was agrarian and they kept the old Mycenaean traditions. However they were all speaking a form of ancient Greek, worshipped the same Pantheon and had similar culture. All participated in the Olympic Games and the Amphictyonic Leagues.
@@pl565ter historically this act was done by Cyrus. He respected the defeated people and their religion and culture. He also freed the slaves in Babylon. It is true that Alexander fell in love with Iranian culture. But before that, he burned Persepolis and Pasargadae and enslaved many women. He also stole all the treasures of Persepolis, While Cyrus did not burn the places he conquered, nor did he take anyone as a slave. But both of them were conquerors
What did the ancient Persians look like? I understand that it might be confusing at first look due to their lack of representation, but it will actually become pretty clear upon a second glance. For now as you read this just keep in mind that most contemporary art, even the ones depicted by modern Iranians themselves are based on ancient Persian Royal art, which itself was directly copied from the Assyrians and Babylonians who came before them - a highly symbolic, flat type of art where all faces regardless of which nation was represented, looked almost identical (for more see the last two paragraphs). Some of the modern art also conflates the current Middle-Eastern phenotype with that of the ancient peoples of Iran. The Persians and Spartans were both Indo-Europeans (Caucasians). But according to Greek historian Herodotus (Father of History), the Medes were blonds and sandy-haired Northern Iranians. Xerxes’s father, Darius, was a Mede, his mother a Persian. That collaborates centuries later with Roman poet and historian Ovid’s analysis when he said Northern Iranians (the Parthians, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, etc), were no different in appearance to the Celts and the Germanic tribes. The Roman author Ammianus Marcellinus, centuries earlier had stated the same. The few realistic art work we have of the Persians themselves done by Greek and Roman artists, depicts them as white, but dissimilar to the Greeks, and far more resembling the French, the Spaniards, and reveals them as Eastern European-like. Herodotus also noted that Xerxes was supposedly one of the most youthful in appearance and handsome men in Asia during his time, whatever that means. The most life-like depiction of ancient Persians are the “Bishapur art”, the wall and mosaic drawings done by Roman prisoners of war where they put their well-known talents to use and aided with decorating some newly constructed Persian palaces. In those, Persian women specifically and other female courtesans are depicted as almost pale with somewhat thick, flat eyebrows, with brown and black hair, very rarely some, including men, with red hair (as also depicted by Greek artists on the so-called Alexander’s sarcophagus and Sassanian floor fresco). The “Sassanian silver plates art”, also repeat the some of the same type of depictions, but since it was done by Persian artists, again many faces look similar, and have a symbolic quality to them to a certain extent, yet still a very good starting point. Other notable art include, “The Parthian solider” bust, (Greek-based), “The Dying Persian”, and “The Parthian statue”, a remarkable ancient Roman work of art with black marble used as the body, contrasting it with beige and black marble as his clothing and cape. Lastly, of importance are the many Parthian coins still in survival. Clean shaven (or not), and inspired by realistic portrayals unique to Hellenic art, Parthian kings and Princes with their Iranian weapons of choice, the bow and the arrow, look like Scandinavian war-lords, or at the very least are very Robinhood-like (see Arsaces I). Alexander’s northern Iranian wife who was after his death murdered by his mom or his men, was named Rukhshanaa (Roxana, Roxanne). In ancient Iranian and still today’s Persian, it means, shiny-faced, light-face. Back then, and even today in Iran, the more secluded a tribal group was/is, the “lighter-skinned” in appearance they are, something that again, is Specially true for some reason or the other with Iranian women, signaling lack of intermarriage. The indigenous peoples of the Iranian plateau, the Elamites, had beautiful olive-skin with long braided hairs, whom Persian royals went on to copy, as a form of fashion of the times, as well as borrowing their long robes with wide bejeweled sleeves. Their sophisticated culture was long established before the arrival of the Persians and other Iranian tribes. THE BOTTOM LINE? Northern Iranians aside, focusing strictly on the Persian tribes (Southern Iranians), THEY, resembled modern Albanians, Romanians, and modern Northern Italians, as well as very strongly, the Medieval Europeans (excluding Northern Europe). When you see an image of a Medieval European, from Hungary, Spain, and above all, France and Portugal, you are most likely coming very close to seeing the face of an ancient Persian. Accordingly, see the rock carving of the Khosrow II, an artistic work and an archeological piece 1000 years before the emergence of the Medieval Europe and the concept of the heavy armored worrier (the Chevalier, or the knight). It is also noteworthy to indicate the remnants of the Northern Iranians (the Alans and the Sarmatians) are still living today on the region of Ossetia-Alania in the Northern Caucasuses. Ancient Iranian tribes hailed from Ukraine by the way, at least that’s as far as we can tell. As the late Prof. Emeritus Richard Frye of Harvard noted, while the Iranians are not geographically Eastern Europeans, they are however, “The Europeans of the East”. Or according to encyclopedia Brittanica, “The name Persia derives from Parsa, the name of the Indo-European nomadic people who migrated into southern Iran…in about 1000 BCE”. It’s important to note that Persian imperial art itself in Persepolis and other places does NOT depict the Persians, or any other groups, realistically, as they all show a flat profile, with most faces looking very similar or almost identical. This was partially borrowed from the Assyrian and Babylonian empires who came before them, to portray a continuity and homogeneity of races. It was also an attempt to legitimize Persian rule, the world’s first Indo-European super power, who replaced thousands of years of semitic kingship (the Egyptians and the aforementioned civilizations). Let me repeat that one more time, ancient Persian art itself is NOT realistic, but more symbolic. Where the “Indo” suffix of the designation, Indo-European comes from is due to the fact that while some Iranians tribes where settling in their new homeland, in modern Iran, simultaneously other Iranic tribes invaded Northern India. That is why many Indic and ancient Iranian Gods and religious beliefs display similarities. The British scholar who coined the term thought that the related-European groups passed through the Hindu Kush mountains. Although at some point the old Ariana (Iranian tribes) who invaded India were fortunately, eventually absorbed by the indigenous Brahmin population. Otherwise we wouldn’t have the nation of India, as we know it today. Something that for anyone who is a lover of cultures, arts, mathematics and good food would be unimaginable. To avoid centuries of confusion, the reader should know that the ancient Persians called their new homeland, Eyre-Aan (Iran: The Land of Aryans), cognate with Eire-land (Ireland). The designation, Persia, was a Greek identifier. The Old Celtic Eire-n, is a dialectic variation on the old ethnic designation, Airya (Aryan). The modern name Erin derives from that. Please note that the word “Aria” has no relations to the modern concept of the repugnant Nordic ideology. That’s ethnicity; linguistically Iranian languages are classified as the aforementioned Indo-European, which can in turn be termed as ancient English. Words like, mother, father, son, daughter (dokhtar). ponder (pendaar), nice (nik,neekoo, nikki; Greek: Nike), Jasmine (yaasamin), scarlet (saghalaat, see Merriam-Webster), Melchior, art (Old Pers.: arta), mind (manaa), grab (Avestan/Eastern Persian, grab), far (related to fara, ex: faravahar; fra, par-vaaz), being (boodan), is (hast), you, tiger (tighra; Merriam-Webster), it (een), Allan (Alan, Alania; from the Northern Iranian tribes who settled in modern day Scotland), Ariana (Arya, Aria, Eire-aan, ultimately, “Iran”). Amazon (hama-zan; see “Sarmatians” in Brittanica; also Online Etymology Dictionary; also Adrienne Mayor, The National Geographic; also “The Early Amazons, JH Block, 1995), Caucasian (search engine: etymology of Caucasus), etc, are mostly still found in Farsi. I hope this was helpful.
thousands of years later in a nation nothing like ours, you all focus on his orientation instead of what he conquered at the age of 25. Wow. Pat on the back for you all. -____________________-
Alexander asks her how do you like to be treated and she says As a princess. Now we have been taught that this was the same question Alexander asked Porus and he replied,As a king treats another king
@impartial1 He was 20 when he conquered Persia, and yes he was great. Persia was still strong, even though they had just lost a king. Their economy was still 300x better than the Greek economy. Darius could still fund 250,000 man strong armies to oppose him, and Alexander was outnumbered in all of his battles against Persia. Let's not forget that Alexander was benevelent and kind to the Persians, unlike most conquerors would have been.
Not as kind as Persians were to lands they conquered, as they knew the old secret of sharing ownership let’s everyone’s gifts shine, and leads to win win scenarios, economy stimulation for all. Modern society has yet to learn that lesson. And don’t forget Alexander set humanity back centuries maybe thousands of years in his burning of Persepolis, the city of ancient secrets, soul awakening practices that make the Eleusinian mysteries look like child’s play, and plant medicine formulas for human stimulations we still have no idea about.
At that time when alexandr entered Babylon it used to be under Persia but Babylon built was longer before Iranian came Babylon built by Akkadian not Persian it stunnied Persian before Greeks stop stealing others ppl history
- - > > > This is Alexander himself talking about “our life “our language “ “ Macedonians are going to judge your case “There is no need for any explanation. Grks
As an Indian i wish we had somekind of writings/historical books about this...But unfortunately we don't have..All these are greek history. Only one side is known that too left with many questions.
@Akhand Bharat nobody outside of India has heard of that guy where as you seem to know Alexander very well that speaks for itself and the comment started with "as an Indian I wish we had some kind of writings/historical books about this" so you are contradicting it if you claim there are indian accounts of this part of history.
I wish we had Indian sources as well. But it’s okay, we have found thousands of Greek Artifacts in Modern Pakistan & India from his Campaigns there !!! 👍
LOL, can you people not mark every single video with the Macedonian-Greek problem? This is the 21 century and Westerners are not concerned with absurd identity politics.
@@abhratalukder8462 I've seen no "attempts" to "paint him" (?) as a Slav. There are people claiming he was a Macedonian in an sense of Macedonian as an ethnicity on it's own. My comment was about boring nationalistic Greeks trying to impose some boring identity politics by writing dumb comments on videos meant for entertainment. Your comment oddly smells of anti-Slavic racism. Should I report that to RU-vid?
@@abhratalukder8462 check your comments and remember that we live in 21th century, and some of us aren't used to online trolls with too much time on their hands spewing savage racism online, in search for self validation and meaning of life.
@@ednan9 Parysatis is a girl, Parysatis is a Persian name for girls. Parysatis was the name of Alexander the Great's wife. Alexander the Great had 3 Persian ( Iranian ) wives 1. The Persian princess Stateira II daughter of Darius III of Persia 2. The Persian princess Parysatis II daughter of Artaxerxes III of Persia 3. The Iranian ( Sogdian Persian ) noblewoman, Roxana Alexander the Great had a Persian-Greek mistress named Barsine. " Barsine's position was that of a woman of the king, which included special status, prestige and some (political) influence without being the king's wife. That was perfectly acceptable to the conquered Persians. The best short biography of Barsine is in Carney's Women and Monarchy." By Barsine, Alexander the Great had a son that he called Heracles. The boy would have been Alexander's only child born during his lifetime, Cassander murdered Heracles. Herakles was 17 years of age when he murdered in 309 BC. The Persian princess Stateira was pregnant by Alexander the Great. Roxana was jealous of Stateira, Plutarch ( an ancient Greek historian ) wrote " Roxana was jealous of Stateira, when Alexander died, Roxana murdered Stateira, Parysatis, Drypetis ( Hephaestion's wife and Stateira's sister ), Stateira's teenage brother ( poor boy ) and threw their bodies into a well, which she filled with earth." At the time Roxana only saw an interest in ridding herself of a woman ( Stateira )who was a dear friend in Alexander’s complicated social world, Stateira and Parysatis were quite important in Alexander's life. It is obvious that he used their knowledge in his strategies and plans. ". Roxana was evil, brutal and jealous. Oliver Stone in Alexander movie 2004 portraited Roxana's evil and jealous character very well. Of course, Roxana took her wish to the grave, a few years later, the Greek Macedonians killed her.
There are other stories that he asked the same question "How should you be treated?" to Porus as well... I guess, Plutarch just spinned up a lot of stories around Alexander. According to my study, he lost the battle of Hydaspus....but again, no one knows the truth.
A pyhrric victory, those indians fight hard, bloodies their nose, and gave them a taste of things to come, if that fight was so hard, imagine what awaited them further east armies ten the size with technology they couldn't imagine, missile weapons, crossbows, automatic ones massive, ballistas, hundreds of war elephants, chariots, black powder bombs, and this is before we get past india, then you have what is modern day burma, vietnam, korea, then the big one china, they could field a million men, and not peasants, well trained well armed armies, was definately time to turn back, the next battle they would not of won, i believe a few hundred thousand indians awaited them for the next battle.
@@GabrielNicho " Considering we know..." ? How do you know it ? Neither you nor me were present.....all you know is based out of a source written by Plutarch who was born 200-300 years after Alexander ( which means he was not present during the campaign as well )..... If you believe the story then : 1. If the army revolted, how did they agree to go south west to Multan from Hydaspes ? They should have gone back to Persia in order to have a safe trip home 2. Alexander defeated Persians and so in the next battle , there were Scythians ( horse-archers ). However, if he had defeated Porus, then why where there no elephants mentioned in the next battle ? 3. Alexander killed almost every one he defeated ( except Darius who ran away from the battlefield ). He killed, according to the story, Porus' 2 sons... Porus damaged his army the most. So how come only Porus was spared ? Good luck !!
@@redboy6889 What are you even talking about? Porus sons died in battle, they were not executed by Alexander. And I'm pretty sure Alexanders army were still willing to follow him a little bit (such as securing his southern flank aka Multan), I just don't think they wanted to invade India (I'm pretty sure if you had been campaigning for over a decade you would be pretty over it also). And we don't know because of Plutarch we know because of archeological findings and all kinds of reasons. I mean you are saying that Porus won lol, but there are zero Indian accounts. And if Greek historians are such liars, why is the Seleucids loss to Chandragupta recorded lol? EDIT: And we know that Taxiles gave Alexander elephants, so he didn't even need Porus. And, Alexander traveled by river towards Multan, probably hard to bring elephants, also they are probably pretty useless climbing walls, so they probably didn't get a mention.
The Princess in the video is the Persian princess Stateira II daughter of Darius III of Persia, Alexander the Great’s wife, not Roxana. Alexander the Great had 3 Persian (Iranian) wives 1. The Persian princess Stateira II daughter of Darius III of Persia 2. The Persian princess Parysatis II daughter of Artaxerxes III of Persia 3. The Iranian (Sogdian Persian) noblewoman, Roxana Alexander the Great had a Persian-Greek concubine named Barsine. " Barsine's position was that of a woman of the king, which included special status, prestige and some (political) influence without being the king's wife. That was perfectly acceptable to the conquered Persians. The best short biography of Barsine is in Carney's Women and Monarchy." By Barsine, Alexander the Great had a son that he called Heracles. The boy would have been Alexander's only child born during his lifetime, Cassander murdered Heracles. Herakles was 17 years of age when he murdered in 309 BC. The Persian princess Stateira was pregnant by Alexander the Great. Roxana was jealous of Stateira, Plutarch ( an ancient Greek historian ) wrote " Roxana was jealous of Stateira, when Alexander died, Roxana murdered Stateira, Parysatis, Drypetis ( Hephaestion's wife and Stateira's sister ), Stateira's teenage brother ( poor boy ) and threw their bodies into a well, which she filled with earth." At the time Roxana only saw an interest in ridding herself of a woman ( Stateira )who was a dear friend in Alexander’s complicated social world, Stateira and Parysatis were quite important in Alexander's life. It is obvious that he used their knowledge in his strategies and plans. ". Roxana was evil, brutal and jealous. Oliver Stone in Alexander movie 2004 portraited Roxana's evil and jealous character very well. Of course, Roxana took her wish to the grave, a few years later, the Greek Macedonians killed her.
I feel strongly compelled to remind everyone arguing for the "hey, they totally didn't label anyone gay or straight, let's learn from them" argument that the Greeks also did not have labels for pedophiles. In fact, it was customary for a man to choose a child to be his male lover, a relationship that would start around the age of 9 and continue to adulthood. Still think we should be following their example? (I'm not homophobic, I'm just annoyed by the blind arguments here lol)
it could be made in Photoshop but come on..an intire mountain side? Check it out.. itøs the scene where he stand at the Peaks the first time and realized the World is BIG! He talks to this one guy, and as the shot films from his back and forward over the mountain, a perfect symmetry face pops out!
lol Great men of Alexander defeated the huge Army of Darius conquered by the bunch of persian women lol this is epic.... the power of woman is enormous.
such a beautiful Princess Stateira , and Alexander he married to bride Roxanne , welcome to Babylon and rest soldiers of Macedon-Greek. for My King Alexander from Egypt.
Macedonia is the oldest nation in Europe …. Modern Macedonians are ancient natives on the Balkans, there they existed as a separate Slavic group and for the longer period saved the most Archaic forms of the ancient Slavic language used by the Pelasgians, Veneti, Goths, Sarmathians, Trachians, Trybals…” (Johann Georg Von Hahn:” Albanesische Studien:”1854) Johann Georg Von Hahn was Bavarian politician and Philologist .
It's either winning or losing, honor is worthless if you're dead. This representation is nice and visually pleasing, but don't be mistaken, Hellenic armies massacred and butchered many cities throughout their conquests. Not only them, but pretty much everyone, that's the tragedy of warfare. I wouldn't have massacred such lovely assembly of women however, the actress playing the princess is too beautiful...
So when Alexander The Great enter Babylon..does thats means the Persia Empire scattred to many faction..40 years later Persia form back their Empire to The Sasannid Empire.
If you ever have a chance watch Alexander from the 50's. The persian princess is drop dead gorgeous she went on to win miss universe for portugal. I feel that movie is better than this one. This one feels too modern..it didnt make me feel like we went back in time like troy and gladiator did.
