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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2615571, member: 83845&quot;]Without a dedicated professionally trained army to counter Alexander&#039;s I don&#039;t think Cyrus or Cambyses would have fared much better. Alexander was smart enough not to march his phalanx into a muddy trap like the French did. </p><p><br /></p><p>Plus at the battle of Jaxartes against the excellent Scythian archers Alexander devised a brilliant strategy based on an unprecedented amount of coordination between his artillery, army and navy (only a well trained army could have pulled this off).&nbsp; He countered the enemy archers with brilliant tactics, pinned them down and completely defeated them. Only him and his father to my knowledge ever managed such a feat on a nomadic army. Alexander really was as amazing as his reputation IMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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