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I found this map online that showed this tiny Greek state conquered the largest empire known to man
\I found this map online that showed this tiny Greek state conquered the largest empire known to man
They could have pulled it off, provided Alexander was a better commander. He could have taken power at just the right time to conquer Persia. Who knows? Maybe he could have taken Egypt, too.
Again--the right leader at the right time--Philip II, during the early parts of Darius III's reign, when he was still trying to get this whole king thing down--it might come off.
And let's remember--the Persian Empire of Rome's day was highly organized and united in a way it wasn't in the time I'm talking about. Rome simply never had the manpower to conquer that Persia, even with Carthage's support.
This is about hilarious a notion as saying some of those mountain tribes north of China could have conquered most of the Old world. What were they called again? Muggles? Mughals? Mungoos?
Philip is definitely the man for the job. He did win a fairly major war against Persia late in his reign, culminating with the sack of Antioch. However, Macedon took relatively little territory from that endeavor. True,Thrace was annexed, and both Phrygia and Cappadocia were consolidated a bit before being granted independence as buffer states. But Philips Persian war was more about plunder than conquest, he acted so swiftly, he never fought the main Persian army.