Alexander's Successors at War: The Spartan Adventurer
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Athenians and the Macedonians
The enormous wealth of the persian empire had lured harpalus into a decadent life style. He is best remembered for fawning over prominent athenian prostitutes, story that has come to epitomize his negligence. Maladministration spread like wildfire across the empire's central provinces. Temples and tombs were sacked. Subjects mistreated. The chances of retribution seemed low. Neither harpulus nor his decadent partners in crime expected alexander ever to return from fighting in the far east. But alexander did return, and retribution was swift. Many of harpalus extravagant accomplices were charged with profligacy. All were swiftly executed.
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