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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 3261139, member: 96635"]Great coins! The dichalkon from Argos looks very interesting, I like the portrait with the stephane.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who knows I get such a coin ever in my lifetime:</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/80000215.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Pyrrhos. 297-272 BC. AR Tetradrachm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>But I don't think so, they cost a fortune. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hannibal said he was after Alexander the great, the 2nd best general. And indeed he was a great general, but with too much ambition. He already made a big mistake going to Sicily to fight Carthage, how could he have possibly thought he could fight both the Romans and the Carthaginians and win, both being two great powers and Pyrrhos army containing mostly mercenary troops and his treasury declining over time. He should have stayed and focused in Southern Italy. Then after his 'defeat' at Italy, he chased his ambition again to become King of Macedonia, then his ambition to control the Peloponnese by interfering with Sparta and Argos which let to his son dying in Sparta and himself laying dead in the streets Argos. He wanted too much at once, he couldn't maintain focus and that led to his utter defeat. If he focused in Southern Italy who knows what he could have done.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I hate most about Greek history, is brothers fighting brothers rather then brothers fighting the common enemies. If all Greece unified and together fought the rising Roman Republic, guaranteed they would have won. However, after the death of Alexander and so many Generals having great ambitions, it is impossible this could have happened. Who knows what would have happened if Alexander lived longer...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 3261139, member: 96635"]Great coins! The dichalkon from Argos looks very interesting, I like the portrait with the stephane. Who knows I get such a coin ever in my lifetime: [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/80000215.jpg[/IMG] [B]Pyrrhos. 297-272 BC. AR Tetradrachm[/B] But I don't think so, they cost a fortune. Hannibal said he was after Alexander the great, the 2nd best general. And indeed he was a great general, but with too much ambition. He already made a big mistake going to Sicily to fight Carthage, how could he have possibly thought he could fight both the Romans and the Carthaginians and win, both being two great powers and Pyrrhos army containing mostly mercenary troops and his treasury declining over time. He should have stayed and focused in Southern Italy. Then after his 'defeat' at Italy, he chased his ambition again to become King of Macedonia, then his ambition to control the Peloponnese by interfering with Sparta and Argos which let to his son dying in Sparta and himself laying dead in the streets Argos. He wanted too much at once, he couldn't maintain focus and that led to his utter defeat. If he focused in Southern Italy who knows what he could have done. What I hate most about Greek history, is brothers fighting brothers rather then brothers fighting the common enemies. If all Greece unified and together fought the rising Roman Republic, guaranteed they would have won. However, after the death of Alexander and so many Generals having great ambitions, it is impossible this could have happened. Who knows what would have happened if Alexander lived longer...[/QUOTE]
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