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-sigh- Persia and I will never have any such "thing". Ever. Me and an effeminate Oriental barbarian like him? Please.

((I can NOT see Persia and Greece as being anything but bratty kids together. Their whole conflict started because of one little cultural misunderstanding, and they both blew it out of proportion.

The only time they really got along was when Macedon popped in to make them hold hands for a bit. I can't help but see Macedon as a sort of chipper and naive little nation who just happens to be SUPER BAD ASS when it counts (and also SUPER SCARY when he's drunk). I don't know why. Maybe because that's also my impression of Alexander. XD

It's one of those problems where "Is it Greece or Macedon doing all this interaction with Persia?" There's no doubt that it was Greek culture being spread around, but it was more because the Macedonians were in love with Greek culture and had the opportunity to rub it in Persia's face.

I feel like Greece spent all this time trying to knock Persia down a peg or two that when Macedon swooped in out of no where and conquered everything so effortlessly, she became the grudging backseat driver during the whole operation.

I really don't know much about the Hellenistic empire though, but from my readings it seemed to have bigger effects on the Babylonians than the mellow and amiable Persians... I need to do more concrete research though. @_@ I'm still in the Peloponnesian Wars, forgive me. XD

Poor Seleucid in the middle. D: ))

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-sigh- Persia and I will never have any such "thing". Ever. Me and an effeminate Oriental barbarian like him? Please.

((I can NOT see Persia and Greece as being anything but bratty kids together. Their whole conflict started because of one little cultural misunderstanding, and they both blew it out of proportion.

The only time they really got along was when Macedon popped in to make them hold hands for a bit. I can't help but see Macedon as a sort of chipper and naive little nation who just happens to be SUPER BAD ASS when it counts (and also SUPER SCARY when he's drunk). I don't know why. Maybe because that's also my impression of Alexander. XD

It's one of those problems where "Is it Greece or Macedon doing all this interaction with Persia?" There's no doubt that it was Greek culture being spread around, but it was more because the Macedonians were in love with Greek culture and had the opportunity to rub it in Persia's face.

I feel like Greece spent all this time trying to knock Persia down a peg or two that when Macedon swooped in out of no where and conquered everything so effortlessly, she became the grudging backseat driver during the whole operation.

I really don't know much about the Hellenistic empire though, but from my readings it seemed to have bigger effects on the Babylonians than the mellow and amiable Persians... I need to do more concrete research though. @_@ I'm still in the Peloponnesian Wars, forgive me. XD

Poor Seleucid in the middle. D: ))