35 000 kilometers (22 000 miles) of marching from Pella to the Punjab and then to Babylon over a period of 12 years.
no king has braver and more loyal men than him!
small altar on top.
as goddess of the hunt is it only normal that he offers a wild animal to her, together with some wine and grapes. by doing this does he hope to receive the goddess's blessings for the army's future hunts...
here they stand atop the 300-meter-high acropolis, the epicenter of the former Kingdom of Lydia. a once great Iron Age kingdom that stretched out from the Anatolian shores in the the west until the Halys River in the east. a mixture of Greek and Persian culture ...just like โฃ
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Helenโs expression softened as she listened to him, the teasing light in her eyes fading, turning her more thoughtful. For a moment, the mountain wind moved gently through her hair and through the heights of the citadel, stirring the folds of her peplos as she โ
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golden brooch of his Tyrian purple ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ which he soon takes off. this cloak do he then give to one of the slaves before grabbing an iron knife with bronze handle which is inlaid with small crystals. then do he ascend the marble staircase of the temple which has a โฃ
the tension in the hall is obvious, as is often the case when two different ruling classes meet. but to proof that the Macedonians came in peace did they arrive with only eight men in total. he even left his army at the camp.
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The emperor knew very well how powerful and dangerous these foreign men could be. Especially their king.
So he was acting careful, but still watching him with his own eyes or the eyes of his ministers and generals.
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tells that he doesn't mind it. but only when she took the first sip do he grab the cup before bringing it to his lips. then do he take a small sip, letting the sweet liquid whirl around in his mouth. he can clearly taste the rice in it
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