For those of you interested in Alexander the Great..

[Silver Rusher]

To be honest King Azzole, I think that Ceasar was a lot more influential on WESTERN culture, you can take examples from lots of things like how the roman alphabet is used in every country from here to Poland, and how so much of the culture we share today was created by the Romans.

Alexander could have been, but he was more interested in conquering Asia than Europe. Maybe the Macedonians didn't know that there was more of 'Europe' back then... But I hardly think that's likely.

[King Azzole]

To be honest King Azzole, I think that Ceasar was a lot more influential on WESTERN culture, you can take examples from lots of things like how the roman alphabet is used in every country from here to Poland, and how so much of the culture we share today was created by the Romans.

Alexander could have been, but he was more interested in conquering Asia than Europe. Maybe the Macedonians didn't know that there was more of 'Europe' back then... But I hardly think that's likely.

Ceasar wouldnt have even existed if the greeks didnt do what they did. Again my meaning was that the "root" of most of western civilization comes from Alexander. Hence he is ultimately more influential than any roman.

[lars573]

You want to know something more interesting? Well I'll tell you as much as we here in the west love Alex-the-drunken-sodomizing-hillbilly-king-of-everything-he-pounded-6-inches-into-the-dirt-ander the persians hate him. Every year they still burn him in effigy in the more rural areas of Iran ala Guy Fawkes in england

[Beelzebub]

They're just sore losers. I hope the USA and Britain hurry up and invade them.

[Colovion]

You want to know something more interesting? Well I'll tell you as much as we here in the west love Alex-the-drunken-sodomizing-hillbilly-king-of-everything-he-pounded-6-inches-into-the-dirt-ander the persians hate him. Every year they still burn him in effigy in the more rural areas of Iran ala Guy Fawkes in england

they still burn Alexander effigies? holy cow that's hilarious

[Pruneau]

I loved the historical resume at historynet.com, but I simply adored this trilogy, which is a romanticized (and very accurate as far as i can tell) biography of Alexander from his childhood at the court of Philippos up to his death.

Alexander, child of a dream
Alexander, the sands of ammon
Alexander, the ends of the earth

by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, a professor of classical archaeology at Milan University. He is also a journalist and essayist, and that mix makes for a wonderful read.

Sorry about the plug :D