The Alexander Counterfactual

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: The Alexander Counterfactual

Alexander the Great conquered an empire and then died young, ensuring that his legend would outlive the man, which it has. What if Alexander had lived? Would his empire have endured, or would it have proved as ephemeral as it did, regardless? If Alexander had taken his best Macedonian troops against the Romans would he have dominated the Mediterranean Basin and left a Greek empire to history, or would Rome have made short work of him? Ancient historians asked themselves these counterfactuals, and I discuss some of these speculative efforts.

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