>people actually believe that he won a battle with 40,000 Macedonians against nearly half a million Persians and crippled their military power
>>3364170
>germanics believe he was pale with blonde hair and blue eyes
WE WUZ MACEDONIANS AND SHIT
WE WUZ ROMANS AND SHIT
WE WUZ GREEKS AND SHIT
tell us why you ahte him so much. Did he kill your ancient nigger-kuridsh ancestors?
>>3364180
He didn't kill Darius or Xerxes, you mong
Also, he looted and burned Persepolis while drunk.
So we can agree that he was at least half nigger.
>>3364192
why should anyoen give a shit about a bunch of conquered sandniggers who invaded Greece multiple times?
>>3364170
>muh eastern superiority!
>Alex was a tyrant!
>w-we were relevant! YOURE the barbarians!!
2353 years later.
Still mad.
>>3364170
>implying a pack of subhuman Iranians could hold a candle against my main man Alexander
Wew
>>3364213
Not denying they lost.
Just saying that any respected historian should have considerable doubt that Alexander won his "battles" against impossible odds.
Also, he died of a fever LOL
>>3364192
b-b-but Ptolemy's side bitch made him do it!
>>3364177
>>3364217
Darious would have conquered greece if he didnt die
also remember that achaemenids conquered most greek cities/colonies and conquered macedon
>>3364177
Germanics were Romans you dumb shit
>>3364234
Would've, should've, could've
But he didn't, didn't he
Piss off, kid
>>3364243
because he died and no , i wont piss off
>>3364239
>[different ethnic group] were [different ethnic group]
>>3364239
lol
>>3364248
were his children and ancestors worth less than his rotting corpse then?
>>3364255
Rome is a city, not an ethnic group
>>3364264
>dies
>empire collapses almost immediately due to civil war
>>3364255
>Roman
>Ethnic group
You just might be retarded
>>3364266
oh sweet so that makes jews who live in germany german (germany is a country btw, not sure if you know)
>>3364266
(Not your op)
>>3364264
why you ask that?
Darius the great was a genius, go read about him, there isnt much but you can he was very intelligent
>>3364239
Literally you right now
>>3364279
Are you saying there arent German Jews? Christ man
>>3364273
at least he wasnt conquered like the faggy persians who get annihilated in every war they fight
>>3364288
why are you calling them german jews, they're just german
>>3364292
Funny, I don't remember reading about their annihilation after the Iran-Iraq War.
>>3364279
So are you saying that all the umbrians and picentes, samnites, etruscans etc weren't Roman?
>>3364295
Their king got deposed during that war or right before so they literally destroyed their empire
>>3364286
You're outright illiterate if you don't understand that Roman citizens were composed of every imaginable western ethnicity, very very much including Germanic groups. You're also retarded if you don't understand that Germanic generals and armies were the de facto power of the empire for hundreds of years
But by all means keep the memes coming
>>3364296
no they weren't, they lived in the empire
are you saying egyptians were actually roman?
>>3364282
All it lead to was Greek enmity which was answered with conquest
>>3364294
German refers to the nationality and Jew refers to the ethnicity (in this case it can refer to their religion)
>>3364308
Obviously they were
>>3364303
Good.
Nobody liked him anyway.
>>3364308
Yes you dumb fuck
>>3364314
once again you're wrong, germany is a country and within it lives germans
>>3364322
Look man it's alright to be illiterate, education and basic common sense is a rare privilege, just lurk more is all
>>3364256
lol
>>3364306
no not when being a roman citizen meant something at least.
>>3364329
Such a sweet way to tell someone "you're dumb."
>>3364177
He was definitely white and I'm telling it as a Greek
>>3364338
You talking about like 500-400 bc then?
>>3364345
ancient portraits proof that greeks werent pale
>>3364170
>against nearly half a million Persians
It was actually 100,000 according to modern estimates.
Not everyone could be a KHALID
>>3364366
I was referencing Gaugamela, actually.
>>3364255
>>3364279
>>3364286
>>3364279
>>3364308
Alright kids gather round and listen up before you make complete fools of yourselves in public.
A Roman is a citizen of the Roman Empire (am I going to fast?). Now, the Roman Empire, as the name suggests, consisted of many different ethnic groups. This was the case even during it's early Kingdom phase.
Germanic groups, especially in Gaul, we're Roman citizens for hundreds of years (over a thousand if we're including the Byzantines). What makes ignorance of this fact even more cringe worthy is the fact that the military (the actual source of power after and even kind of during Augustus) was massively Germanic. If ever there was an ethnicity to stereotype/ generalize the empire with, it would be Germanic.
>>3364380
Gauls were Celtic you absolute moron
>>3364380
the orignial city of Rome was populated by Greeks fleeing Troy's destruction so you're dumb as shit you filthy wehraboo
>>3364403
so the civnats were right all along?
>>3364397
>Actually falling for ancient Roman propaganda (which even THEN it was revisionist)
>Not understanding that you're legitamately retarded
>>3364413
Civnat?
>>3364380
>the military (the actual source of power after and even kind of during Augustus) was massively Germanic. If ever there was an ethnicity to stereotype/ generalize the empire with, it would be Germanic.
bullshit
germanics werent in gaul, they move there later
>>3364424
civic nationalism
an idea that a country's foundations and culture don't need to be attached to an ethnic group. instead, immigrants and new citizens should be welcome as long as they are competent and respect the traditions and culture of that nation
>>3364397
Is this bait?
>>3364439
Oh cool. Yeah I guess that worked out pretty well for the Romans. I'm sure there are times/ contexts where that's not ideal tho but Id imagine theyd be the exeptions
>>3364447
>not accepting the trojan war as a peer reviewed academic journal article
The original Romans were nomadic, hence why they're called Romans
Because they "roam", y'geddit?
>>3364391
>>3364435
Countless Germanic groups migrated throughout Gaul during its Roman history. Also, way to complete dodge the argument.
Lurk more, really tho, it's a bit embarrassing
>>3364487
and you should work on your reading comprehesion but that is what i said, germanics moved later
>>3364494
I said germanic groups, especially in gaul, were roman citizens, to which you respond
>germanics werent in gaul, they move there later
after which you criticize my comprehension...
does it hurt being that retarded?
>>3364468
top wew anon
>>3364537
i dunno i kinda liked it
>>3364415
>one of the greatest works of art of all time that contains literal theology for mdoern religions is propaganda
the real retards are people that call themselves germanics because they have been nothing but filth that gets murdered in every war
>>3364447
read it you illiterate faggot and youll know its true
>>3364513
yeah but they moved later and not all of them became roman citizens
>>3364380
WE WUZ GAULS
>>3364213
>died of basically a cold like a bitch
>empire immediately dissolves within basically the same day he croaks on his death bed in Babylon
>divided by his three top generals
>Iranians (Persians and their kin) basically restore themselves to power within 70 years first locally then regionally constantly pushing the Selecuid successors constantly westwards in successive wars
>Iranians become another regional superpower for basically the next nearly 1000 years
>and this is all due to Alexander
Yeah he showed them. Alex's 10 minutes of fame is probably the biggest trigger in resurgent Iranian nationalism in Antiquity following the fall of the Achaemenid dynasty.
>>3364397
This