this isnt lord of the rings mind you.
Re: Which (mainland Greek faction) is superior?
this isnt lord of the rings mind you.
Re: Which (mainland Greek faction) is superior?
...didn't he just get them from the, whichonewasitnow, Seleukids ? (As nicknames for them pachyderms go, I particularly like "hefalumps".)
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Re: Which (mainland Greek faction) is superior?
Maybe because Alexander's goals weren't Macedon's? He was a nut after all.Originally Posted by Gazius
His dad seemed to be aiming for a more modest goal: dominate Hellas (III's and IV's south of Thessally, but control nevertheless), a deep buffer in the north and a nice scoop of Asia on the side. The Italian component is perhaps a little artificial, but it was part of "Greater Greece" and it leads to roman/Macedonian conflict.
Personally I think Phillip (the third was it? the one who fought the Romans c 200 BC) and Perseus had no aspirations beyond the Eastern shore of the Adriatic, but its certainly possible they wanted more.
Oops my bad.this isnt lord of the rings mind you.
I believe there was "Elephant Inflation" after the Sandrocottus deal. Boy was he a salesman. "Look at this bull, barely 1000 miles on the clock, massive front end, huge trunk, seats 4 archers, gives 3 hours of battle to the gallon of beer..."
Expensive herds of indian Elephants left right and centre after that. Antiochus wins one lousy battle thanks the "these 18 beasts" and everybody has to have one.
Oh you mean the "Hefalumpoi Thorakitai"? Weren't they wiped by the Bartix?
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Spartan spears can crush the mumakil anyday
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Nah. Itchy dwarves ate the bunch.
And there was great joy.
"Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. --- Proof of the existence of the FSM, if needed, can be found in the recent uptick of global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Apparently His Pastaness is to be worshipped in full pirate regalia. The decline in worldwide pirate population over the past 200 years directly corresponds with the increase in global temperature. Here is a graph to illustrate the point."
-Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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Great men tend to be a little nutty.
Re: Which (mainland Greek faction) is superior?
From watching these new strings of greek oriented movies coming out it seems that all greeks where nutty screaming lunatics (Leonidas, Alexander) who spoke with Irish accents (Gerard Butler, Colin Farrel).
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Not to forget surprisingly fluent in English.
A somewhat difficult personality I take it ?
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"Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. --- Proof of the existence of the FSM, if needed, can be found in the recent uptick of global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Apparently His Pastaness is to be worshipped in full pirate regalia. The decline in worldwide pirate population over the past 200 years directly corresponds with the increase in global temperature. Here is a graph to illustrate the point."
-Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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Yes, they were wiped out by a combined forces mission of the 1st Armored Bartixian Royal Guards "URANOZZ" and the 1337th Light Bartixian Battle Ninja Corps "DETHRAYZ"
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Just spewed coffee all over my desk. That phrase is genius.
As KH I have been besieged by Antigonos in Athens, but if I move the sphendonetai from Sparta to Athens he'll go away. Leaves me free to take Crete on turn 2 with my FL.
...et Boston delenda est.
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Yeah, it seems like the big three at the time (Antiochos, Ptolemaios, and Antigonos) gave him troops and supplies in the hopes of getting rid of him and keeping him occupied elsewhere because, you know, Pyrrhos had this problem of severely pissing off everyone he came into contact with.
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