Message from @Mr. X

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2018-12-13 11:44:52 UTC  

@Mr. X How do you feel about Thermopylae and pre-Islamic Persians/Iranians in general?

2018-12-13 11:45:40 UTC  

Pre alexander or after alexander or during?

2018-12-13 11:45:58 UTC  

Before Sassanids felt to Islam.

2018-12-13 11:46:45 UTC  

As you know, Byzantines and Persians were exhausted by long conflicts betwen each other, which is why Arabs conquere them with ease. And took a lot of Byzantine land.

2018-12-13 11:46:51 UTC  

I only know alexander and modern day iranians.

2018-12-13 11:47:16 UTC  

Oh.

2018-12-13 11:47:23 UTC  

So Alexander.

2018-12-13 11:47:36 UTC  

Certainly back then, Alexander didn't see them as sand-niggers or something.

2018-12-13 11:47:52 UTC  

I believe his only child and successor to the throne Diadochi ignored, was with Persian princess.

2018-12-13 11:48:05 UTC  

Why was that?

2018-12-13 11:48:09 UTC  

But then again, Romans also ignored Caesar's successor, lol.

2018-12-13 11:48:10 UTC  

Lemme find it.

2018-12-13 11:48:26 UTC  

Persian princess Roxane was the mother.

2018-12-13 11:48:29 UTC  

Caesar's successor was augustus

2018-12-13 11:48:33 UTC  

Well his good successor

2018-12-13 11:48:41 UTC  

Oh that makes sense now

2018-12-13 11:48:48 UTC  

Caesar had a child Caesarion with Cleopatra. But he wasn't technically Emperor, just a Dictator.

2018-12-13 11:49:09 UTC  

Augustus was the first Emperor, he won the civil war over succession if I remember right.

2018-12-13 11:49:48 UTC  

Oh, she was Bactrian, not Persian. My bad. Didn't knew that.

2018-12-13 11:50:21 UTC  

Yeah but caesarion didnt try to take the throne

2018-12-13 11:50:31 UTC  

Besides clearly caesar wanted augustus to take it

2018-12-13 11:50:39 UTC  

since augustus was mighty capable

2018-12-13 11:50:45 UTC  

Wasn't he adopted by him as son tho.

2018-12-13 11:51:30 UTC  

Yep

2018-12-13 11:51:33 UTC  

augustus

2018-12-13 11:52:17 UTC  

In Polish we call him Octavian August or just Octavian, but in English it's Augustus.

2018-12-13 11:52:38 UTC  

octavian too sometimes.

2018-12-13 11:52:49 UTC  

I think he adopted that name upon taking the throne.

2018-12-13 11:53:54 UTC  

🤷

2018-12-13 11:54:07 UTC  

he also adopted caesar

2018-12-13 11:54:18 UTC  

son of god I think was his name

2018-12-13 11:54:23 UTC  

during jesus lol

2018-12-13 11:54:27 UTC  

>Why was that?
Hmm, no idea. Today many /pol/yps dislike Alexander's Empire for "multiculti", the fact he wanted to mix the Greek and Persian Empires.

2018-12-13 11:54:46 UTC  

He also wanted to conquer India, another Indo-Iranian people, but his army had it enough.

2018-12-13 11:55:19 UTC  

Didn't all Emperors adopt Augustus and Caesar into their names.

2018-12-13 11:55:43 UTC  

I dont think so

2018-12-13 11:55:43 UTC  

Late Roman Emperors/Early Byzantine Emperors were also called Flavius a lot.

2018-12-13 11:55:45 UTC  

but a lot

2018-12-13 11:58:59 UTC  

I see.

2018-12-13 11:59:07 UTC  

Last time I was reading about antiquity was long ago, lol.