I know, I know, it's a topic that comes up again and again. But I was reading up on Alexander lately, and found a poignant quote, where Alexander lamented that he never fought a foe that was his equal, and Persia was the obvious one. There are, of course, rumors that he was planning on invading in his twilight years, unafraid by that point of the Oracle's prophecy that he would never return to Macedon if he invaded Persia, but he died before he could truly set out. So, what would our world have been like if Alexander had went east? Would he have had a chance in his younger years, or would he have failed? And what of Karchidona and the Tyrrhenoi, had they not fallen to Alexander?