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Alexander the Great Part 2: War Elephants and Employee Burnout
In this episode, we track the final, paranoid years of Alexander the Third of Macedon. We cover:
The Drunken Boss: How Alexander adopted Persian court styles and ended up killing the man who previously saved his life, Cletus the Black, with a spear during a drunken argument.
War Elephants: Alexander's push into the Indian subcontinent, where he fought King Porus and had to figure out how to defeat terrifying war elephants at the Battle of Hydaspes.
Naming Rights: Alexander's habit of naming basically everything Alexandria, until he decided to name an entire city after his favorite horse…
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