Alexander compared to Hitler!!
I went to the site on Alexander and even though my Greek is weak I got enough of the general intent of the site to form an opinion. If the authors are Greek, they are self-hating, historically manipulative embarassments to our culture. If they are Slavs or Aryan or what have you they don't know their head from their ass.
First, for most of Persia, Alexander left it better than he found it. He introduced better governments, introduced order and ended the virtual slavery that Darius and his ancestors held the country in. Did he destroy cities? Did he destroy many of the relics of the Zoroastrian faith? Yes. Unfortunately, any conqueror of that era had to show their "muscle" when challenged. Persopolis and a few other cities had the opportunity to surrender peacefully. They chose not to. Some cities committed ferocious atrocities against their Greek citizens and Alexander exacted a fearsome penalty against them for that. But these are hardly the actions of the Holocaust obsessed Hitler or the raze the earth actions of Atilla the Hun. It is an insult to compare them to Alexander (and Napoleon for that matter).
As for destroying the Aryan culture let it not be forgotten that the Aryans were some of the most vicious and successful conquerors of their time. I am sure that the indigenous Indians whose cities, farms and culture was destroyed by these Indo-Europeans would have a bigger beef with them than with Alexander.
Last edited by pankration; 04-12-2006 at 01:29 AM.
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