>>63956656
The great weakness of Maceadonian kingship was the top heavy institution that was the King and his place on the battlefield leading his men from the front among equals (well that and chronic civil war-assassinations). Its very easy to get ACKED on a ancient battlefield and Macedonian kings took this to autistic degrees which were followed by the subsequent Hellinistic kings who were all in the shadow of Alexander and paid the price for it (turns out the top heavy king position was both coveted by rivals and they had to lead from the front, meaning you as king couldn't risk letting subordinates lead the Royal army in threat of your position and when battles came you had to participate cause cultural autism).

Anyway this guy managed to take over the worlds largest civilisation by size, population and economics while still leading from the exposed front position at every single big engagement and won with a modest but highly elite military forces, all while personally engaging in the fucking dangerous cavalry action which Maceadonian tactics became centred around. At any of his engagements (and sieges see Pyrrhus of Epirus for dying randomly during a siege breakthrough and Antiochus III """The Great""" failure) he could have died in a million differing ways and throw Maceadon into another civil war. Then after accomplishing conquering the world he dropped dead and his generals and their descendants fought a continual civil war over the remains primarily against each other for centuries until what remained got consumed by Rome and the Parthians. Love Alexander (he died too early for a true assessment of his capacity for ruling and statesmanship) but fuck me are the Diaodachi momentous squabbling retards, if only Selucus I didn't get assassinated maybe things would have worked out for then.

>>507830725
have never watched Primer, but I am about to get high and watch it.
What am I in for? Shenanigans and shamrocks from what I have read.