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Before his death, Alexander had the Indian subcontinent in his sights. This is in entirely different league than the future city of Marseille.



He had given up on India after his army revolted, they were going to return to Greece and he had plans written up to conquer the West/North Africa after that.


Some say that's why he marched them through the desert on the way back home, killing many through attrition.




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