Editor says, what if Alexander the Great had survived? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the May 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.

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Editor says, in preparing this post, we repurposed concepts from the article "Who killed Alexander the Great?" which was published in the April 2012 Edition of Today in History Magazine.
1) in our timeline, Cassander usurped the throne of Macedonia and executed Alexander's mother, wife and son.
2) The role of Ptolemy is explored in Oliver Stones 200 movie Alexander.

Chris Oakley commented on 2012-04-22 22:22:40 ~ Do we even know for sure that it was murder?

Todayinah Ed. commented on 2012-05-05 04:34:48 ~ Conjecture based upon a correlation of facts that lead to this tentative (conspiracy) theory.

Jeff Provine commented on 2012-05-05 22:41:13 ~ Interesting take on Alexander; death by ambition, like Caesar. The question is, would he have brought up a new batch of generals and headed for Carthage as most people suppose.

Sailorbarsoom commented on 2012-08-02 05:24:11 ~ Interesting. One has to wonder if the empire could have been solidified and not broken up when Alexander did eventually die. My favorite Alexander What If goes like this: after conquering Egypt, Alexander hears of fabulous beasts and plentiful gold to the south, and so instead of heading towards India, he heads up the Nile, pushing deep into Africa.

Eric Lipps commented on 2012-08-02 22:51:14 ~ Re Cassandra: More probably in some language descended from Greek in the same way English is descended (primarily) from Latin.