Alexander passed through the hell of war
As soon as Alexander arrived in Macedonia, he began to turn his attention to the question of aggression against Asia. He is passionate about the implementation of this project. Given his extreme youth and the charming character of his career, it is strange that he should be so thoughtful that his actions really show his actions.
Now he has solved everything in the most thorough way, both within his territory and within his country, and it seems to him that the time has come when he begins to actively prepare for the Great Asia campaign.
He brought the issue to his ministers and advisers. They basically agreed with him. Two expressed doubts, or that they actually opposed the plan, although they expressed disagreement in the form of skepticism.
These two men were Antipait and Parmenio, the venerable ruler who had already been mentioned to have served Philip so faithfully and, after the death of his father, transferred their attachment and loyalty to his son to Philip.
Antipatel and Paminio told Alexander that if he were to go to Asia at that time, he would put all Macedonian interests in extreme danger.
Since he had no family and, of course, no direct succession to the throne, if any misfortune occurred, his life would be lost as a result, and Macedonia would immediately become the prey of the factions, who would immediately appear, each putting forward his own candidate for the vacant throne. The wisdom and foresight shown by these politicians in these proposals have finally been amply confirmed.
Alexander did die in Asia, his vast kingdom plummeted, and for a long time after his death his country was razed to the ground by inner unrest and civil war.
Paminio and Antipater therefore advised the king to postpone his expedition. They advised him to find a wife among the princesses of Greece and then settle quietly in his royal government for a few years, when everything should be resolved and consolidated and his family established in the hearts of his compatriots, he could leave Macedonia more safely.
When he is alive, public affairs will proceed more steadily, and if he dies, his heirs will descend, and there is relatively little danger of civil unrest.
But Alexander was completely against such a policy. He decided to join this great expedition immediately. He concluded that his agents brought Paminio into Asia in his absence from Macedonia.
People will remember that the anti-Padio was a politician and a general Parmenio; That is, Antipatel was employed more by Philip in civilian affairs, while Parmenio was employed in military affairs, although in those days everyone involved in public life was more or less a soldier.
Alexander left an army of ten or twelve thousand men to protect Macedonia. He organized an army of about 35,000 to follow him. This is a very small army for such a huge cause.
In the first or second hundred BC years, the Persian king Darius led an army to invade Greece, he was defeated and repulsed, and now Alexander promised to retaliate with a force greater than one-tenth of the Force.
Of Alexander's army of 35,000 men, 30,000 were infantry and about 5,000 were horses. More than half of the population is from Macedonia. The rest are from the southern states of Greece. There is a large herd of horses from Thessalis, like Basin.
is a country in southern Macedonia. It is a wide valley with many mountains around. Torrential rains descend from these mountain ranges, and as they descend to the plains, they form a deeper and slower current, which finally joins a central river that flows eastward and passes through the most famous valley called the Tempe Valley from the environment of the mountains.
To the north of this valley is Mount Olympus, while in the south is the Perion Andosa with two twin mountains. There is an old story in Thessali about the war between giants and gods who lived there from a very early time. The giants piled Piloon on Ossa so that they could go to heaven when attacking their predators.
A proverb from the Fables that prevailed in all European languages, was described by Wickhauer's unparalleled efforts to achieve an end as a threat to Osa.
Thessali is famous for its horses and horsemen. The slopes of the central part provided the best grazing conditions for raising animals, and the plains below provided vast and open fields for training and exercising the cavalry formed through them. Thessaliyama is famous throughout Greece. Clothhead fish are raised in Thessaly.
Alexander, as king of Macedonia, owned a large amount of estate, which was his own property, independent of the income of the state. Before setting out on the expedition, he gave these to his generals, both those who were going and those who were staying. He showed great generosity in this regard, but after all, it was the spirit of ambition, not the spirit of generosity, that prompted him to do so.
What excites him is the joy of doing great things, and the fame and glory of doing great things. These two principles, although often linked, are fundamentally different. Of Alexander's character, they are the largest and the largest, and all other humanitarian principles are subordinate to them.
For him, money is the means that enables him to achieve these goals. He distributes his possessions and income in the manner described above, only wisely using the money to promote the great goals he hopes to achieve. The ending he saw was admirable. His friends looked at him with great generosity and self-sacrifice. They asked him what he kept for himself.
