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it is these exceptions,
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Thebes, Gaza in Syria and later, Persepholis in Persia and others,
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..that are always remembered by those
who hate Alexander and all he stood for.
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At 21, Alexander invaded Asia
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with an army of 40,000 trained men.
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And liberating one city state after the other,
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he conquered all of western Asia, south to Egypt,
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where he was declared Pharoah of Egypt,
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worshiped as a god.
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It was in Egypt that the respected oracle at Siwah
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declared him the true son of Zeus.
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He finally provoked Darius himself to battle
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in the heart of the Persian empire, near Babylon.
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Gaugamela, Persia
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It was mad, 40,000 of us against 250,000 barbarians.
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It was the day Alexander had waited for all his life.
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Alexander. Son of a god.
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It was a myth of course, at least it started as a myth,
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I know, I was there, I saw his eyes.
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There... in the crack of the Persian line, we'll go for the head.
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Kill their eyes?
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The gods have brought him to us at last!
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If I die, it's one Macedonian,
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..but the Persians they cannot move
with out Darius' command.
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Here, right here we cut the throat of the Persian army.