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“Alexander now faced the disappointing prospect of fighting another year in Bactria, the most recalcitrant corner of his vast empire. He was learning a hard lesson about the elusiveness of victory in Afghanistan.”
— Aug 20, 2026 08:29PM
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“The long, harrowing trail from Bactria to Babylon and then to a Balkan grave hardly seems to have rewarded Roxane for sharing a loaf of nuptial bread with Alexander the Great. Our knowledge of important persons such as Roxane suffers from a double deficiency: she was a woman in a patriarchal era, and she was a Bactrian, from the losing side of the war.”
— Aug 22, 2026 11:28AM