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Greeks, Romans, and Decapitations, taboo and it was strongly despised as a barbarous and hubristic practice, in Rome it was often related to heroic national deeds and it was a prominent feature in Roman warfare ideology. This difference becomes a key aspect to explain the misbalance observed among Alexander’s sources. However, in th暂时休息 发表于 2025-3-25 08:12:31
Non-Curtian Decapitations, first one, that of Ariobarzanes’ beheading, is only described by Plutarch, who took the information from a certain Aretades. However, there are several aspects that make this story extremely dubious and should be probably discarded. The second episode, relating to the decapitation of a sailor by Al扫兴 发表于 2025-3-25 14:10:39
Negotiating Heads,gotiations. There are different versions of the first one, but in the case of Curtius, some influence from Livy’s and Polybius’ accounts of Chiomara’s story can be reasonably argued. In the second case, some differences between Curtius’ version and the rest of the traditions can reflect some reworkiAids209 发表于 2025-3-25 17:03:26
Punished Heads,apitation of Macedonian Parmenio’s corpse. Again, both instances are only found in Curtius, and the second one is especially problematic. It took place in a very troubled period for Alexander, and such an outrage would have surely found its way in the rest of the tradition. However, both stories see发酵剂 发表于 2025-3-25 20:20:06
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Conclusions,sources. Even the handful not found in Curtius’ book coincide with . in it and, in consequence, it cannot be ruled out that he had actually included them as well. Besides, the two non-Curtian decapitations, as shown, come from unreliable sources, and their historicity is very dubious.monopoly 发表于 2025-3-26 06:14:44
tors at work in ancient historiography.Compares and contrast.This book explores cases of decapitation found in sources on the reign of Alexander the Great. Despite the enormous literature on the career of Alexander the Great, this is the first study on the characterisation of violent deaths during hnutrition 发表于 2025-3-26 11:00:58
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10013-1al aspects that make this story extremely dubious and should be probably discarded. The second episode, relating to the decapitation of a sailor by Alexander, is found in several authors, but again the episode appears very dubious. The versions are contradicting and perhaps the story was shaped after a similar episode by Xerxes.Polydipsia 发表于 2025-3-26 15:45:24
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Das Politische System der Europäischen Unionon of single combats, and some literary parallelisms can be tracked down (especially from Livy). In this kind of episodes, decapitation was typically the ‘right’ closing of the story, an aspect that Curtius included as well.