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Originally Posted by willx
That would be interesting, though if we're talking about Alexander's time period, I'm not sure he would've been all too impressed by what he would be "conquering" in those places..
And speaking of the size and durability of his empire..
Effective logistics, communication and governance has remained the largest barrier to controlling and governing vast swathes of "conquered" territory even to this day. What made the Roman Empire so damn amazing was the public works, including road construction, which if I recall was not a particular strong point in Alexander's empire building.
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North Africa was pretty big with Carthage. i am surprise Alexander invade Egypt but left the rest of NA alone. The Roman also had a decent empire in Italy at the time.