Notice: This is the official website of the All Empires History Community (Reg. 10 Feb 2002)

  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

What if Darius III had won?

 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <123
Author
Kamikaze 738 View Drop Down
Baron
Baron
Avatar

Joined: 26-Mar-2007
Location: Hong Kong
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 463
  Quote Kamikaze 738 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: What if Darius III had won?
    Posted: 20-Aug-2007 at 01:30
If Alexander have taken the Greek cities on the eastern shore of the Aegean such as Miletus or Halicarnassus it could reward him with some much need supplies. Alexander could also tax them which was what Alexander did after he took those cities. After the persian's defeat at the Granicus, Darius realized that Memnon was right and used his strategy to effect. Thus Memnon was to continue the conquest of the Aegean by the sea while Darius himself gather an army to destroy Alexander.
Back to Top
Yiannis View Drop Down
Sultan
Sultan
Avatar

Joined: 03-Aug-2004
Location: Neutral Zone
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2329
  Quote Yiannis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21-Aug-2007 at 04:49
If Darius would avoid being defeated by retreating in good order, barricading cities and attacking Alexander homebase in Greece with his navy (before Phoenicia and Egypt were taken by Alexander), I doubt that Alexander would have succeeded in his quest.
 
 
The basis of a democratic state is liberty. Aristotle, Politics

Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <123

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.56a [Free Express Edition]
Copyright ©2001-2009 Web Wiz

This page was generated in 0.094 seconds.