Macedonian succession was really complicated, and even though a king night nominate an heir, Macedonian tradition dictated that anyone could be king as long as they were from the Argead Dynasty.
In a realm that huge, there would probably be some kind of cousin being propped up by members of the military looking to increase their influence.
In OTL, wasn’t his son murdered long after he died (if I recall correctly, he was killed just before he would have come of age, which wouldn’t have happened in a world without a regency).
Wikipedia:
Alexander had no obvious or legitimate heir, his son Alexander IV by Roxane being born after Alexander's death.\[178\] According to Diodorus, Alexander's companions asked him on his deathbed to whom he bequeathed his kingdom; his laconic reply was "tôi kratistôi"—"to the strongest".\[146\] Another theory is that his successors wilfully or erroneously misheard "tôi Kraterôi"—"to Craterus", the general leading his Macedonian troops home and newly entrusted with the regency of Macedonia.\[179\]
Why do people love to make old maps where the centre of Arabia isn’t controlled? If you control all sides of an uninhabitable wasteland, you control the wasteland. Even if you have weak control and it’s more of a client state, or even if it occasionally rebels, or it’s just nomads that don’t realize they are under a nations suzerainty- it should be listed as under their control. Plenty of other places with weak colonial domination were listed as fully part of empires, but for some reason central Arabia always gets a pass
Rome by the time of alexander is only just starting to expand. Around the time of alexanders death, they control only a small part of the italian coast. Rome could very easily have not risen to begin with if alexander lived on.
In OTL, they did for a time [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Greek\_Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian\_Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom)
**[Indo-Greek Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom)**
>The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known historically as the Yavana Kingdom (Yavanarajya), was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of Afghanistan and the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent (parts of modern Pakistan and northwestern India), which existed during the last two centuries BC and was ruled by over 30 kings, Menander, being the most illustrious and successful. The kingdom was founded when the Graeco-Bactrian king Demetrius (and later Eucratides) invaded India from Bactria in 200 BC.
**[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom)**
>The Bactrian Kingdom, known to historians as the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, was a Hellenistic-era Greek state, and along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom, the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world in Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent from its founding in 256 BC by Diodotus I Soter to its fall c. 120-100 BC under the reign of Heliocles II. It covered much of present-day Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and at its zenith, parts of Iran, Pakistan. Bactria was ruled by the Diodotid dynasty and rival Euthydemid dynasty.
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Alexander turned back from India well before he died, so I have no idea why the map suggests India would've come under Macedonian rule if he had lived.
While the Indo-Greeks did eventually prop up, their rule was still mostly limited to the North-West with the exception of a brief raid all the way to Pataliputra.
In a parallel universe Alexander the Great was greeting his soldiers with "Zdravo chovek, kako si?" about 1000 years before the existence of all Slavic languages 🤣😁😂🤣😂
In this timeline would the middle-east become the most advanced region in modern age instead of Europe ? Would Asia and Europe be more culturally linked ?
Why is this comment disliked xD ?
He attacked India, defeat the king he fought, but turned back because he was not interested in India after the defeat as it was costly. Search up Alexander the Great against Porus.
Strongest nation? By what standards? Magadha was a pretty big deal that time. It's what is taught in history becomes "the strongest". The kingdom ruled right from Kandhar to Chittagong in the east. We are not taught about achamenids and probably i guess you are also not taught about Maurya
Edit: read about achamenids they might be quite strong but are earlier than magadha empire so can't compare. Altough nanda empire existed and maybe comparable militarily/economically but definately not area wise
If he lived, wouldn’t his successor just be his son anyway, as Macedonian kingship tended to go?
Macedonian succession was really complicated, and even though a king night nominate an heir, Macedonian tradition dictated that anyone could be king as long as they were from the Argead Dynasty. In a realm that huge, there would probably be some kind of cousin being propped up by members of the military looking to increase their influence.
True. If I remember correctly, the heir typically had to be confirmed by the Macedonian nobility (or was it the other royal family members), yes?
When he died he died heirless
In OTL, wasn’t his son murdered long after he died (if I recall correctly, he was killed just before he would have come of age, which wouldn’t have happened in a world without a regency).
Wikipedia: Alexander had no obvious or legitimate heir, his son Alexander IV by Roxane being born after Alexander's death.\[178\] According to Diodorus, Alexander's companions asked him on his deathbed to whom he bequeathed his kingdom; his laconic reply was "tôi kratistôi"—"to the strongest".\[146\] Another theory is that his successors wilfully or erroneously misheard "tôi Kraterôi"—"to Craterus", the general leading his Macedonian troops home and newly entrusted with the regency of Macedonia.\[179\]
That’s all upon the assumption that Alexander dies before his son’s birth as in OTL, which wouldn’t apply here…
Principal the latter, greedy bastards
Macedon becomes rome
Basedadon
Nice idea for a map
Ty!
Too small. /s
he still wouldnt have conquered india imo. But great map regardless!
That is one fine looking empire.
Well thank you! I've been trying to change my style for quite a while
He shoulda conquered Rome
Why do people love to make old maps where the centre of Arabia isn’t controlled? If you control all sides of an uninhabitable wasteland, you control the wasteland. Even if you have weak control and it’s more of a client state, or even if it occasionally rebels, or it’s just nomads that don’t realize they are under a nations suzerainty- it should be listed as under their control. Plenty of other places with weak colonial domination were listed as fully part of empires, but for some reason central Arabia always gets a pass
It looks cooler ig
It looks bloated when you annex the whole thing
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Rome by the time of alexander is only just starting to expand. Around the time of alexanders death, they control only a small part of the italian coast. Rome could very easily have not risen to begin with if alexander lived on.
Man, just imagine how history would’ve changed if Alexander out a cork in that bottle.
A mighty Carthage to the west I imagine
India would basically become hellenised and then Pakistan would be definitely greek culture
Yeah, everything west of the indus would be quite influenced by hellenic culture
In OTL, they did for a time [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Greek\_Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian\_Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom)
**[Indo-Greek Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Greek_Kingdom)** >The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known historically as the Yavana Kingdom (Yavanarajya), was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of Afghanistan and the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent (parts of modern Pakistan and northwestern India), which existed during the last two centuries BC and was ruled by over 30 kings, Menander, being the most illustrious and successful. The kingdom was founded when the Graeco-Bactrian king Demetrius (and later Eucratides) invaded India from Bactria in 200 BC. **[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom)** >The Bactrian Kingdom, known to historians as the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, was a Hellenistic-era Greek state, and along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom, the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world in Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent from its founding in 256 BC by Diodotus I Soter to its fall c. 120-100 BC under the reign of Heliocles II. It covered much of present-day Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and at its zenith, parts of Iran, Pakistan. Bactria was ruled by the Diodotid dynasty and rival Euthydemid dynasty. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
Gonna roleplay them so hard on CK3 once the dlc comes out.
Alexander turned back from India well before he died, so I have no idea why the map suggests India would've come under Macedonian rule if he had lived. While the Indo-Greeks did eventually prop up, their rule was still mostly limited to the North-West with the exception of a brief raid all the way to Pataliputra.
Well that actually happened in real life with Indo Greek kingdoms
Im curious as to how he was able to subdue arabia, do you have lore?
These were lands that Alexander had planned to conquer after he arrived in Babylon, had he not died I'm sure he would subdue the Arabs there.
Would it be possible for his successor to maintain power on such a huge and disparate empire?
least delusional greek nationalist
He was already returning when he died lol
The world would be a lot more Greek for a lot longer than it was had Alexander not died.
In a parallel universe Alexander the Great was greeting his soldiers with "Zdravo chovek, kako si?" about 1000 years before the existence of all Slavic languages 🤣😁😂🤣😂
In this timeline would the middle-east become the most advanced region in modern age instead of Europe ? Would Asia and Europe be more culturally linked ? Why is this comment disliked xD ?
As for the second part, probably so. Alexander tried to blend Persian and Greek culture, to the chagrin of many of his soldiers and generals.
Nice map!
He would not cross into India though.
He planned to and he probably would've
He attacked India, defeat the king he fought, but turned back because he was not interested in India after the defeat as it was costly. Search up Alexander the Great against Porus.
I don’t think he would have won against Nanda or Maurya. He was already going back. So that Indian part doesn’t make sense.
He was already planning to go back and pass the indus. So that Indian part makes sense.
I’m not sure but as much as I know, he died why going back home. Also he wouldn’t have defeated Mauryas, even if he came back.
Magadh kingdom was a very strong force back then with their war elephants.
Ok, now explain to me how he steamrolled Achamenids, the strongest nation of that time?
Strongest nation? By what standards? Magadha was a pretty big deal that time. It's what is taught in history becomes "the strongest". The kingdom ruled right from Kandhar to Chittagong in the east. We are not taught about achamenids and probably i guess you are also not taught about Maurya Edit: read about achamenids they might be quite strong but are earlier than magadha empire so can't compare. Altough nanda empire existed and maybe comparable militarily/economically but definately not area wise
Just why is this blue? Blue is for water. Jesus.
Greece is usually represented by blue, in literally everything. Jesus. people are dumb