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Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II

January 3, 20253h 51m · 40,220 words

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Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions.

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In your movie, do you decide he killed Philip or do you decide he didn't? That's a key difference right there.
the men were ordered to march back and forth with their sarissas those are their pikes up lowered as if for a charge and then pointing to the right and left before forming into their standard wedge formation all of these moves worthington writes were carried out in total silence except for the sharp commands to the men to change the directions and angle of their weapons

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