HIST 4031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Impossible Princess, Parmenion, Philotas
10 Mar 2019
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Alexander pursue the new self-proclaimed king bessos all the way to sogdiana. Ptolemy learns from besso"s lieutenants where he is and brings him to alexander. Alexander deems him a traitor and sentences bessos to death. This death sentence sets a precedent for all traitors of. Alexander invaded babylon and susa in his pursuit of darius for money, to flex his strength and also because the route was easier to pursue darius. After the invasion, he rebuilds the babylonian temples destroyed by artaxerxes. This allowed alexander to gain an alliance with the. Babylonians and spread his anti-persian movement into the middle east. Some persian scholars believe alexander had a disney channel moment with darius before he died. As darius is bleeding out, the two kings discuss revenge and darius gives alexander his empire. This story seems unbelievable because it is likely false but it is important to analyze all stories as a historian and evaluate the facts.
