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17:47 ooo T-Mobile LTE K 3. Alexander the Great... The Death of Parmenio Ernst Radar John Moore Cahor Professor of History Harvard He Aas writee important boob om bori Greek and Roman kintory and Ais the great banie ofake king and was behind logaard he Persian treesure Alexandermarched eaneard Philotar was his son awd commander ofAlexander selure his father, Parmenio, was alma later killed. does story contribute our does change or slade oar naiaation of king? Ne aspect of the career ofAlexander the Great should be more important and to the historian than the series of by which be partly crushed and partly anticipated the opposition of Macedonian nobles to his Person and policy. Yet no aspect has on the whole, been less studied in modem times. Tam by acceptance the favorable and rejection of the unfavorablesources, came the conclusion that Alewander commined two murders, but only two.of these two, one that Chinas) can be regarded as manslaughter under some prowocation while eder than of Parmanio)can at least be mitiganod by legal social and politicalconsiderations. This procedure is part of an attitude touards Alesander the Great of which Tam was the most dist inguished though by ao means the only exponent, amitude which has made the serious study of Alexander's reign from the point of view of political history impossible, but temany students) almost inconceivable Yet there is no why the autocracy of Alexander the Great should not be as suscepoble of political Excerpted from Ernst Badian, "The Death of Pammerio, in T of the American Prikological Association 910950 324-25. 326-27.332-34, Copyright l960. American Philological Association. Courses Calendar To Do Notifications Messages

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According to Badian,Alexander cannot be fully quoted as a bad man or fully quoted as a good person. While conquering nations,he killed each and everyone without partiality who stood against his path. Later when he was about to die to very tectonic disease,he said that I shpuld be buried with my hands outside the coffin because people should realize that whatever they earn at last they cannot take anything from this world.

Badian had a situation to take up his education in other country from his home town. During the invasion by Nazis,Badian could have felt the difficulties prevailing in the nation and he would have compared his own situation to the time the nation being conquered by Alexander in a different way.

Alexander was right on his point if view. If he had an idea of conquering a nation,he would make necessary arrangements that even a single slip doesnt take place in his attempt. But he does not give importance to other activities taking place around as he is fully concentrated on his own target.

Alexander when treated as a common man he did his work as a king. During his death he realized his mistakes and said that after death whatever may be the wealth acquired,no one can taje it along with them and it was a very big saying and realization in his history.

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