Lol Alexander was pretty great as long as you mean great in the literal sense. Impactful, impressive, etc.
SHTF_yesitdid on
Alex the okay.
Parzival_2k7 on
Genghis Khan was one of *the* most influential people in human history, calling him Great is valid. Greatness doesnt necessarily mean more good anymore, It’s a bit more like Grand. Idw use this example but yk when Harry Potter goes to Olivanders to get his wand and he tell him that it’s twin belonged to a great man, terrible but *Great*? It’s that.
jcostello50 on
Alexander the batshit insane
Attrexius on
Alexander the Iveseenworse
VinChaJon on
Alexander was a shitty person. Alfred the Perfect would be more apt
Mal_Dun on
The difference is that most people in Europe who wrote the foundation of western history were conquered by Alexander, and while the people who wrote the history of Ghengis Khan in Europe were not conquered….
That’s why Alexander is the great conqueror and Gengis Khan the leader of the wild hordes …
helicophell on
Alexander the Great cause we won every battle he fought in
And died before he fought a battle he’d lose
GrandDukeNotaras on
Alexander is real life Anakin.
Became the thing he swore to destroy.Â
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Beat_Saber_Music on
Yeah his ego was the death of him, considering the reason he probably got sick and died was owing to this thing called marching his army through the Iranian desert rather than actually using the existing roads.
MrHyd3_ on
Google goomba fallacy
0621Hertz on
Alex the mid.
SnooRecipes865 on
Alexander the good at one thing
Crafty-Mention-5091 on
That’s like saying why did the great war called great
GrandDukeNotaras on
He introduced worshipping the head of state as a god to Europe. It was only 1000 years later that Theodosius would stop that
TraditionalClub6337 on
You are making it really hard me to romanticize the past Wahhh wahhh wahhh!
Lol_Lmao_0118 on
All these sore chuds.
You are all yet to recognize the true Greatest in history, the hero of chaos, LORD CAO CAO!
Particular-Style-161 on
Everybody here acting like the Greek cities and Greek dynasties that he left behind all throughout the empire were not hugely influential in the several centuries thereafter…..
EgoSenatus on
Idk of anyone that religiously defends Alex. The guy was far from perfect.
MyDudeThatsCrazy on
This is the HistoryMemes sub. It’s reddit. You say 1 good thing about Ottomans and you will be flooded with “Hurr durr muh Tireks Pasha genociding 65 bajillion dinosaurs! Never forgetti mom’s spaghetti!” from the same folk who circlejerk Roman Empire and basically every single genocidal European leader + empire/kingdom/fiefdom/village/serfdom.
We are here simply to get brainwashed. That’s it. Please keep your common sense away from here.
PissingOffACliff on
Strawman the post lmao
MechanicHuge2843 on
Thebans would highly disagree with alexander “the perfect” nickname…
Xav1_05 on
Alexander the meh
MissionResident8875 on
They were both monterous and great, there’s a reason Alexander was called the demon in many places, but let’s not pretend they are on the same level of evil lol, the khan lived a lot longer and assaulted a lot of women. He did a lot more personal evil than Alexander ever did
CoolJoey99 on
The world’s historical viewpoint is western centric and within that, Alexander is the great while Genghis is the nomadic barbarian. It is what it is. In a fair world, both would get equal respect for their incomprehensible accomplishments.
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Alexander the Daddy’s son
Alexander the overhyped
Lol Alexander was pretty great as long as you mean great in the literal sense. Impactful, impressive, etc.
Alex the okay.
Genghis Khan was one of *the* most influential people in human history, calling him Great is valid. Greatness doesnt necessarily mean more good anymore, It’s a bit more like Grand. Idw use this example but yk when Harry Potter goes to Olivanders to get his wand and he tell him that it’s twin belonged to a great man, terrible but *Great*? It’s that.
Alexander the batshit insane
Alexander the Iveseenworse
Alexander was a shitty person. Alfred the Perfect would be more apt
The difference is that most people in Europe who wrote the foundation of western history were conquered by Alexander, and while the people who wrote the history of Ghengis Khan in Europe were not conquered….
That’s why Alexander is the great conqueror and Gengis Khan the leader of the wild hordes …
Alexander the Great cause we won every battle he fought in
And died before he fought a battle he’d lose
Alexander is real life Anakin.
Became the thing he swore to destroy.Â
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Yeah his ego was the death of him, considering the reason he probably got sick and died was owing to this thing called marching his army through the Iranian desert rather than actually using the existing roads.
Google goomba fallacy
Alex the mid.
Alexander the good at one thing
That’s like saying why did the great war called great
He introduced worshipping the head of state as a god to Europe. It was only 1000 years later that Theodosius would stop that
You are making it really hard me to romanticize the past Wahhh wahhh wahhh!
All these sore chuds.
You are all yet to recognize the true Greatest in history, the hero of chaos, LORD CAO CAO!
Everybody here acting like the Greek cities and Greek dynasties that he left behind all throughout the empire were not hugely influential in the several centuries thereafter…..
Idk of anyone that religiously defends Alex. The guy was far from perfect.
This is the HistoryMemes sub. It’s reddit. You say 1 good thing about Ottomans and you will be flooded with “Hurr durr muh Tireks Pasha genociding 65 bajillion dinosaurs! Never forgetti mom’s spaghetti!” from the same folk who circlejerk Roman Empire and basically every single genocidal European leader + empire/kingdom/fiefdom/village/serfdom.
We are here simply to get brainwashed. That’s it. Please keep your common sense away from here.
Strawman the post lmao
Thebans would highly disagree with alexander “the perfect” nickname…
Alexander the meh
They were both monterous and great, there’s a reason Alexander was called the demon in many places, but let’s not pretend they are on the same level of evil lol, the khan lived a lot longer and assaulted a lot of women. He did a lot more personal evil than Alexander ever did
The world’s historical viewpoint is western centric and within that, Alexander is the great while Genghis is the nomadic barbarian. It is what it is. In a fair world, both would get equal respect for their incomprehensible accomplishments.
Alexander the dick.
Bizarre strawman