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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 3859217, member: 58462&quot;][USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER], I don&#039;t think Alexander would agree with you. </p><p><br /></p><p>It reminds me of the nice family dinner they were enjoying when Philip decided to impale Alexander.&nbsp; After falling on his face, Alexander remarked,&quot;<i>Here is the man who was making ready to cross from Europe to Asia, and who cannot even cross from one table to another without losing his balance!&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>In any case, while Philip was a brilliant king, what Alexander accomplished was far greater than anything Philip could have even imagined. </p><p><br /></p><p>Recall Octavian&#039;s observation as he paid his respect to Alexander by placing a golden diadem upon his head and flowers on his body. When asked if he would like to see the body of Ptolemy, he replied that he came to see a king, not corpses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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