Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agoAlex!feddit.orgimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down10
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minus-squarebuffing_lecturer@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·5 days agoExplanation? I like the mini history lesson that come from these.
minus-squarevic_rattlehead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·5 days agoHere you go! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tyre_(332_BC)
minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 days agoBeat me to it. I was gonna be like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_guy_called_Alex_who_Turned_an_Island_into_a_Peninsula
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoThat Alex guy sounds great!
minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoI heard he has kind of a drinking problem tho…
minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoHe is called Alex the great drinker, after all.
minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoThat’s probably why he called his horse Brew-cephalis.
minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI can recommend reading the Quinus Curtius Rufus biography of Alexander. His description of the battles, and especially this one, are great.
Explanation? I like the mini history lesson that come from these.
Here you go! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tyre_(332_BC)
Beat me to it. I was gonna be like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_guy_called_Alex_who_Turned_an_Island_into_a_Peninsula
That Alex guy sounds great!
I heard he has kind of a drinking problem tho…
He is called Alex the great drinker, after all.
That’s probably why he called his horse Brew-cephalis.
I can recommend reading the Quinus Curtius Rufus biography of Alexander. His description of the battles, and especially this one, are great.