Steele Brand

But if Alexander's dead, so I did some calculating, among his, if we take about 30 of his Hellenistic commanders, or the members of the royal house, successors of the next generation,

the members of the companions.

We got about 30 of these guys that are the leaders when he dies.

Six of them are killed in action fighting one another.

19 of them are murdered, assassinated, executed, or die in exile.

Only four or five of them die natural causes.

What does that mean?

It means if the Macedonians lose their leader, they will devour one another.

Yes.

What do these dozen guys do?

We have about 20 triumphs.

These are giant military parades where a commander comes back and they celebrate his victory and they celebrate each other when they are victorious.

Every single battle they fight, they have to fight with a colleague.

They have to work with it.

Sometimes they hate each other.

But that's how you fight Republican warfare.

Alexander cannot die.

When he dies, that's it.

It's over.

But the Romans, on the other hand, like if they lose a commander, they're never going to run out of commanders.