Why Alexander the Great really was better than the average imperialist conqueror

“Kousser brings us into the story in time for the infamous burning of Persepolis, jewel of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Alexander’s consolidation of power, conquest of Asia Minor and founding of Alexandria were all behind him at this point. When he burned Persepolis, he had just returned from Egypt, where he had proclaimed himself the son of a god.”

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-13/alexander-the-great-rachel-kousser-alexander-at-the-end-of-the-world-review

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