Alexander the Great by Paul Cartledge

A review by "Ursus"

"The legacy of Alexander the Great should be apparent to any Romanophile. While there had been cultural diffusion occurring between East and West for some time, Alexander?s politico-military schemes radically facilitated the trend. The subsequent Greco-Oriental fusion of the Hellenistic era penetrated Rome, and through it Western Europe. It is hard to think of Roman imperial era religion in general, and Christianity in particular, developing as it did without Alexander. Alexander?s legacy also created an imperial idea that influenced Romans such as Pompei and Caesar. Alexander?s former domains would later form the basis of the Eastern half, and many would say the culturally and financially richer half, of Rome?s vast dominion..."

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