I love this description: Sardis (city of Gyges and Crœsus) was under Persian rule “until the great Hellenistic freedom fighter, Alexander the Great, romped into Sardis.”
I love this description: Sardis (city of Gyges and Crœsus) was under Persian rule “until the great Hellenistic freedom fighter, Alexander the Great, romped into Sardis.”
Wasn’t his body count comparable to Hitler’s?
It must have been ghostwritten by one of those neocons who cheer on the Athenians at Melos.
I honestly can’t tell whether the passage is tongue in cheek or serious.
Wouldn’t neocons support invading Melos to bring “true democracy” to it?