Krackalackin

As for Philip's murder, there is compelling reasoning for both yes and no but I personally doubt Alexander had anything to do with it. There is however to my mind, no doubt that Olympias was behind everything. Pausanius was a perfect candidate to kill Philip. Pausanias was a girly guy to their standards and was picked on by Philip . I don't know how he became one of Philip's guards then but Pausanius was savagely raped by some Greek well-to-do's as well as the whole upper macedonian gvt. Olympias, after Philip divorced her, met with Pausanius in Lyncestis and planned out the details. After Philip was dead, she made an offering to the Gods that was considered a ceremony of blessing. Even the commoners were confused about this.

Now I'm assuming some of you are history teachers or historians so if i write something inaccurate, it wouldn't help our speculation to be silent. I do know a lot about Alexander. I've read plenty of books on him. I even have that awful movie Stone made. The evidence I know is at the least enough to make you think. First of all, his men had a perfect motive. Racial Integration. It's been a favorite for killing leaders forever. It's the same root motive of why Lincoln and Kennedy were shot. Imagine the hatred involved over two thousand years ago. It can only be seen as an abomination. Not only this, we know there were attempts on his life and we also know that he became more paranoid and jittery towards the end of his life. If he was assasinated, I seriously doubt it was because of greed for the amount of power he had. It isn't likely at all. His men initially loved him. He would have to do more than just claim himself a god and reign over a tremendous kingdom for his men to mutiny. I don't think his men cared very much at all that he ruled a large territory. They probably initially thought no one was more capable or deserving. But he started forcing people to marry natives of the land. I think he did it himself for favor of his men. I don't think it was because Roxane was a fierce woman like the stupid film depicts, or he really loved that dumb bitch,I think he did it to set an example for his men that it was ok and the right thing to do. For Alexander was the most popular, richest, most powerful man in the world. I feel it was a ploy solidify his reasoning for his men to follow his example, perhaps maybe stop a mutiny because it wouldn't then be hypocracy, this being a definite ground in context for overthrow. The undisputed events of his life, really do show a deterioration of his relations with his men as well as failed efforts by him to bring his men into a new way of thinking that most people even today don't embrace. Here's another piece of evidence. Don't you find it odd that a historical super-star like Alexander the great who (considering elapsed time) was so well documented is missing the documentation of his definite demise? This man had been documented since he was a prince, if not earlier. We know his approximate height, he had different color eyes, his favorite author, yet we're supposed to agree that they forgot to write it down exactly how he died. And if he really did die of a sickness, how come it wasn't described in detail? Another thing, if his men were at the very least passionate about continuing his dream of conquering the world, why did they kill off his immediate family after his death? This doesn't mean ofcourse that an Officer couldn't have continued it but why kill his family? *****, they could have had some nobody adopt the kid and he would have never had any dream of ruling anything. I think they killed him not only to make sure nobody tried to rule the entire empire but also because his kid was the embodiment of all they hated. An interracial child. The poor kid was probably mutilated. Also, Alexander was killed after Hephaiston's death. I don't know if Hephaiston was murdered but it would have been a hell of a lot easier to kill Alexander after Hephaiston's dead and get away with it since Hephaiston would have no doubt been the successor and would have taken revenge. Also, if you look at all the surviving relics of his empire, the statues particularly, by ware, they're not that bad but most of them are destroyed. One could guess that people later like the turks could have done that but one thing that really struck me as odd was this one particular statue I've seen. The head had come off the statue in a perfect line. If I didn't know better, it looks like someone cut his damn head off. I seriously doubt it cracked off and I don't think people of a later time would have taken the time to do that. If I were to make up a theory, it looks like even though they admired and respected Alexander, they hated everything he stood for. This built up until they killed him, destroyed everything symbolic of or reminded them of him. After Alexander was gone, it was too compelling to off his brown toned, snot-nose son as well as kill his wife also so it was for damn sure that Alexander died in vain in every respect. That's what I think happened. "Death to the Tyrant!" At first glance it would appear so but you mustn't forget, these people were smart. Not only that but a lot of people wanted him dead. Remember, he also killed Parmenio. Parmenio was the direct opposite of his thinking. Parmenio was the macedonian conservative man, stuck in his old macedonian ways as well as natural ways. Alexander the great practiced the thoughts of a rabid liberal. I don't really know if he believed all the crap he said. I'm not even sure if he really believed in what they would have killed him for. It could have all been well-planned rhetoric as part of his master plan for world-wide conquest.

Yeah, To be honest, Money is what drives everything now and it certainly is what drove everything then. Alexander Did actually have Italy in mind to conquer but I think he must have thought of it more as a peninsula to build on than really conquering a dangerous foe. But, he did in fact want to subjugate Carthage which was his diplomatic enemy during his war with Persia. They considered for months on sending resources to aid the Persians. The Carthaginians at this time had money. That's obvious because Carthage wasn't famous for its army but famous for buying them. Most of their army was made up of Greek Mercenaries. Perhaps it's only because the richest nations are the ones that can afford the rock to throw at you but there's no question that Alexander the Great loved Gold and would use it to direct his pursuit of conquering the world.

I disagree on that. If you are familiar with the seige of Tyre you would have read that the Tyrians lived actually quite comfortable during the seige and could have survived there for a great many years. It was a totally preposterous attempt to them for Alexander to try and conquer Tyre. Nebuchadnezzar tried to do it for thirteen years! I think it would be yes to both questions. Tyre has been studied by people for thousands of years and is hailed as the greatest seige ever by most historians and military co's alike. It took The Great seven months to do what no other King was ever capable of doing no matter how much time. Unfortunately for the Tyrians, they didn't realize who they were dealing with until it was too late.

There is a lot of evidence to back this theory and I for one believe Alexander was assassinated by his own retinue. Anyone else think so?