![]() ![]() The comments attached to this meme were fun to read. So, the gates were closed to him and the mole built. The Tyrians were not minded to allow that: if they allowed Alexander in, that might cause trouble with Persia (assuming the latter won the war). They tried to use diplomacy to protect the city only to be outflanked when Alexander told the diplomats that he intended to worship Herakles in the city. In regards the first panel, the Tyrians were not at all so rude or aggressive towards the Macedonian king. The meme is both funny and pretty accurate well, from panel two onwards, anyway (we’ll ignore the fact that Alexander made a mole rather than a peninsula). ![]() While doing so, I came across the following: With that said, it is well worth reading if you would like to expand your knowledge of how people in antiquity thought.Įarlier today, I had a very enjoyable few minutes looking at the history memes on Reddit. ![]() You can read it here.Īlthough the article is headed by a detail of the Alexander Mosaic it isn’t (exclusively) about him. Just a quick post to bring to your attention the following:įirstly, an article by Alexander scholar Robin Lane Fox on ‘Did nationalism exist in the classical world?’. ![]()
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