Alexander was much more than just a king. ... In November of 333B.C., Alexander once again met Darius in battle, this time at a mountain pass at Issus. Despite being greatly outnumbered, the Macedonians prevailed once again. King Darius managed to escape capture once again, though. ... Alexander tortured and executed many high-ranking officials accused of conspiring against him in order to prevent any future attempts to take his life. ...

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The main purpose was aggression against Persia and to inflict vengeance by devasting the King's land" Ehrenberg states. Thucydides suggests that Athens became the leader because of the arrogant and harsh behaviour of the Spartan king Pausanius towards the Ionians and other Greeks. ... Unwilling at first to join the Delian league pressured her to join in fear that it might collaborate with the Persians in the future. ... Although the harshness of the treatment the League had the right to insist that member fulfil its obligation, as once it joined it's contribute became compuls...

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Once there was Light and Day, Gaea, the earth appeared. ... Only six complete ones have been preserved: Ajax, Antigone, Electra, Oedipus the King, Philoctetes and Trachiniae. ... Thucydides believed that studying events of the past could help men understand similar events in the future and perhaps avoid similar mistakes. ...

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