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Analyzing historical accounts of Alexander the Great: distinguishing fact from embellishment and the role of xenophobia and stereotypes.
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And there is a sense there that this is a theatre of cruelty and that Alexander's projection of his power over the defeated man is playing on something within the audience that he's appealing to. And again, I suppose we come back to the question, is this historical Alexander or is this part of the story? Yeah, I mean, because I can see how
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