ancient egypts culture was of such power and awe that all those who conquered egypt adopted egyptian customs instead of the egyptians adopting the conquerors customs. thats what "the conqueror becomes the conquered" means i think.

as for the theory on alexanders arsenic poisoning. the symptoms of alexander was of severe discomfort (coughing, vomit, diaorhea etc), a sharp pain, sweating, loss of strength. all tell tale signs of aresnic poisoning. the shock of pain is important becuase it said that some time into medius's party alexander cried out in pain. he later asked to shove in a sword to put an end to the pain. that couldnt have been just fever.

im thoroughly convinvecd ptolemy was the assassin, or at least, had a part to play in the assassination.